Sentence examples for fundamental to our identity from inspiring English sources
"I think he sees it as fundamental to our identity as a church and has really put his finger on what drives either abuses or lack of response on this issue: what he calls the culture of indifference," he said.
But on the fundamental point Mr. Reid was right: A very little bit of federal assistance can go a very long way in promoting culture and art that is fundamental to our identity as Americans.
The ruling Gaullist right sees food self-sufficiency, like the nuclear force de frappe, as a centrepiece of France's geopolitical independence.Christine Lagarde, France's trade minister, recently described farming as "fundamental to our identity".
This idea of American exceptionalism is so fundamental to our identity as a nation that even President Obama had to address it.
"The concept of art is fundamental to our identity as humans," he says, and "the worst to the best music is art without any regard to its inherent quality".
Perhaps we are able to reexamine some attachments, but the problem for liberalism arises if there are others so fundamental to our identity that they cannot be set aside, and that any attempt to do so will result in serious and perhaps irreparable psychological damage.
"Self-expression comes in many forms and how we dress can be fundamental to our identities.
In both groups, concern about biomedical enhancement has traditionally focussed on its potential to alter fundamental traits – traits central to our identity or personality or humanity – and moral characteristics are fundamental traits par excellence.
It shows how easy it is to switch on discrimination: our belonging to social groups is fundamental to our social identity and we like to see "us" as better than "them".
To question our endemic preoccupation with a 103-year-old campaign is to examine something fundamental to our national identity.
It's the freedom of the press, and that is fundamental to our core identity as the United States of America".
