Sentence examples for imperative to stand from inspiring English sources

Schools, as well as businesses, organizations and individuals, have a moral imperative to stand up for what is right.

Jews, whatever our very real concerns about trivializing the Shoah, have a moral imperative to stand up for the Roma.

In King's "Dream" speech, he called the imperative to stand up against the oppression of his day "the fierce urgency of now".

Three simple rules provided Sugihara with the moral imperative to stand up and be counted knowing full well that running afoul of his superiors would have consequences -- he accepted that -- and post-war reality delivered that in spades.

"There has been no follow-through; Guantánamo is still open and so forth, so all you have left for him to show is in the symbolic field," Mr. Abunimah said, adding that it was imperative for Mr. Obama to "stand up to Islamophobia".

WHEN an American presidential candidate visits Israel and his key message is to encourage us to pursue a misguided war with Iran, declaring it "a solemn duty and a moral imperative" for America to stand with our warmongering prime minister, we know that something profound and basic has changed in the relationship between Israel and the United States.

"There's a big cultural imperative on men to stand up for themselves, be the head of the household, the alpha male, the strong, responsible person.

They said Mr. Bush's approach was rooted in conservative orthodoxy but influenced by a belief that there is a legitimate role for government in addressing society's needs and an imperative for the Republican Party to stand for tolerance.

For me this has always been a call to action - an imperative to act justly; to stand up for, and in solidarity with, others - particularly marginalized groups.

"It is imperative that we have the courage to stand with the poor, to stand with working people, and, when necessary, take on very powerful and wealthy people whose greed is doing our country enormous harm," he said. .

Urging a filibuster, Mr. Kerry, shown leaving the Capitol, said it was imperative to fight for "those people who count on us to stand up and protect them".