Sentence examples for democratic premises from inspiring English sources

Basic democratic premises like fairness, equal rights and majority rule suggest that the time for same-sex marriage has come, he says.

A new post-Thatcherite moderate British centre right would need to be comfortable with a modern Britain that believes several core social democratic premises.

Early in the film, the staff sets out the bare-bones rules of safety while also establishing its democratic premises — its administration by a vote that also includes the students.

And yet, as became immediately apparent in 2009, millions of Americans were unwilling to accept the basic democratic premise that Mr. Obama legally and morally deserved to sit in the White House — and that was before they confronted his "socialist" and "un-American" policy agenda.

Looked at together, these cuts attack one of the fundamental premises of democratic and public education -- its role in providing opportunities for all citizens and its role in providing all citizens the tools and knowledge not only to function as workers but to take part in the governance and self-governance of society.

If you take this as your premise, the Democratic bill is fine and reasonable.

"Knights" has a darker premise: that democratic leadership is always getting worse.

"But I'm very happy that the court came to the inevitable conclusion that such practices are not legitimate in a democratic society that is premised on the protection of human rights".

Taking issue with the premise that Democratic women are playing a less visible role this political season, Jess McIntosh, the spokeswoman for Emily's List, a national organization dedicated to electing Democratic women who support abortion rights, insisted that "in terms of campaigns, 2012 is shaping up to be a massive year for Democratic women".

Personalized choice architecture can frustrate the entire premise behind democratic elections — that it is we, the people, and not a choice architect, who elect our own representatives.

A premise of democratic self-government is decentralized economic power.