Sentence examples for deliberation if from inspiring English sources

The gathering on Sunday, which included Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, but no one from Mr. Maliki's State of Law, amounted to little more than a gesture of deliberation, if not action.

If we grant the government too much power to punish those who disseminate information, then we risk too great a sacrifice of public deliberation; if we grant the government too little power to control confidentiality at the source, then we risk too great a sacrifice of secrecy.

This tendency may not be strong enough to overcome self-interest; however, Brennan argues that the Stoic's realization that indifferents do not contribute to happiness weakens one barrier to impartial deliberation: if indifferents were good, the Stoic would want them for herself; since they are not good, she deliberates about how to distribute them as justice demands (164 65).

The fact that relying on some consideration would undermine the possibility of reaching a decision is itself a consideration relevant to deliberation; if one has good reason to reach a decision, and relying on some consideration precludes one from reaching a decision, that very fact constitutes a reason relevant to one's deliberation.

The entire process of "deliberation," if you could call it that, as well as many of the subsequent changes planted in the bill, ran counter to that of a democratic republic.

Every instinct the president has honed, every voice he hears in Washington, every inclination of our political culture urges incrementalism, urges deliberation, if any significant change is to be brought about.

One could say that he deliberates, if deliberation were something that post-dated rather than preceded action; but the thought process he goes through after he acts comes too late to save him from error.

Later, before calling the lunch recess, Justice Obus told the jury, "If you are unable to deliberate and to conduct respectful open-minded good-faith deliberations, if you are unable to do that, then it will not be done".

"It could influence deliberations if a juror is afraid of retaliation or harassment," she said.

The judge, Jon C. Blue of State Superior Court, told the jurors that they were likely to meet for unusual weekend deliberations if they do not reach a verdict on Friday.

Most of the minorities had him guilty from the beginning of deliberations; if he had any sympathy with our jury, it was probably from two or three Caucasians.