"Democracy demands gracefulness, sincerity and obedience to the rules of the game," she said in a comment that could have been intended in part for Mr. Wahid.
It is not that these forms are inherently bad; it is that they always seem built for the lowest common denominator, and the contemporary consumer demands more — more originality, more sincerity, more not-in-the-mainstream, a greater goal than just making money.
The protesters further lack the political experience and organization to effectively influence powerful political groupings that have their own agendas and governments who embrace their demands with varying degrees of sincerity.
This effort, this conscious choice, this self discipline and awareness it demands is the result of introspection, sincerity and quiet resolve.
He meanders along, making no intellectual demands and trying to get by on sincerity and good will.
North Korea has often said that talks should proceed without preconditions, while the United States and South Korea have demanded that the North first show its sincerity by meeting past nuclear commitments that have gone unfulfilled.
Thus fully successful speech acts, insofar as they involve these three world relations, must satisfy the demands connected with these three basic validity claims (sincerity, rightness, and truth) in order to be acceptable.
His language can be said to obey only one rule, that is, to be "an effect of judgment and sincerity,"[60] which is the very one that he demands from the pupil.
He said the rebels continued to demand that President Bozizé step down "because we doubt his sincerity," according to Agence France-Presse.
We require theater but expect sincerity, seek equality but long for nobility, disdaining what we also demand.
