Sentence examples for lofty ideologies from inspiring English sources
But for a despot who values his own survival above all else, ministerial incompetence has a lot to recommend it.Dig deeper: The last days of Mobutu Sese Seko (May 1997) With rebel fighters on the back foot, optimism is growing in Congo (March 2014) How and why lofty ideologies cohabit with rampant corruption (July 2014).
The flip side of lofty ideology is contempt, as lucrative for the rulers as it is insulting to the ruled.
Biographical details are scarce but depict a hard-working bureaucrat for whom survival and power were stronger guiding forces than lofty ideology.
In a world of hopelessness, where the loftiest ideologies have gone bankrupt, the idea of belonging to a powerful movement with a totalitarian ideology provides millions with a sense of purpose.
The sting of Shawky's three films, of course, is the after-realization that the sheer number of sociopaths in succession in his films imply that each of us contains the germs of intolerance and the will to authoritarian power that can turn our loftiest ideologies into coercive, hypocritical and autocratic dogma.
Other regimes may propagate hard-nosed ideology, but American democracy had lofty ideals.
He challenged those who have criticised him for his lofty rhetoric by bringing things back to earth, winding his ideology of change and hope around an everyday, practical explanation of exactly what that means.
Having lived under both Fascism and Communism, John Paul had lofty and somewhat naïve visions about creating a just society — if only bad ideologies failed and bad leaders were replaced.
The film's strategically vague title gestures toward a lofty, earnest desire so familiar and unobjectionable that it is scarcely recognizable as an ideology.
Modern art was then enjoying a lofty prestige in West Germany, as a counterweight to the scalding memories of the Reich and to the menacing ideology of the East.
