Sentence examples for element of national from inspiring English sources

The old presumptions hold that some element of national humiliation and decline predisposes nations toward fascism, or at least the appeals of fascistic movements.

"There's an element of national testosterone involved," said Robert D. Hormats, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International, the investment firm.

This can be tribal, or have a class element, though I think this aspect has diminished hugely since the 1960s (as has the element of national belonging).

As an element of national reconciliation and just possibly also to avoid court cases the government is pushing on with reform.

The U.S. government should identify and prioritize actual or potential terrorist sanctuaries and have realistic country or regional strategies for each, utilizing every element of national power and reaching out to countries that can help us.

Though the word itself is actually imported from Norwegian, its emergence as an element of national culture is sometimes traced back to Denmark's loss of territory in the 18th and 19th centuries, when it was forced to abandon tracts of what are now Norway, Sweden and Germany.

We need all elements of national power to win a battle of wills and ideas.

"Total war means you use all the elements of national power," he told me recently.

"There are other elements of national power that can be brought to bear.

European governments still believe that defense policy and defense spending are intrinsic elements of national sovereignty.

"These conflicts will be fundamentally political in nature and require the application of all elements of national power.