Sentence examples for declarations of principle from inspiring English sources

On the Democratic side, the lawyers also preferred sweeping declarations of principle to specific legal analysis.

Understandably, he does not want the government to shut down and is hoping that quiet negotiations will produce better results than loud declarations of principle.

But he manages to turn the case, United States v. Cruikshank, into a legal thriller, complete with crusading lawyers, courtroom confrontations and soaring declarations of principle.

The Italian proposal on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian crisis has moved on from declarations of principle to the practical planning stage.

He talks about "definitely liberal declarations of principles," and about leadership.

But Democrats saw it as an important declaration of principle.

To hear Ferrandez, his snow-removal policy is a declaration of principle.

This was not aimed at pulling in votes but a declaration of principle and purpose for the world to see.

Somehow this seems to work too, as a declaration of principle if not as a coherent musical statement.

The ringing declaration of principle that's the very core of the movie, its spiritual raison d'être, is a scene between Donovan and a C.I.A. agent.

The degree to which "Smashed" refuses to indulge a voyeuristic taste for the kind of sordid details exploited by reality television amounts to an unspoken declaration of principle.