Sentence examples for of public power from inspiring English sources

We will continue to condemn this abuse of public power.

The civil servant became an instrument of public power, not the agent of a person.

The announcement followed months of public power struggles between two groups of board members for control of the board.

Only now that conservative Christians have less control over organs of public power, they cannot rely on the political process.

"By corruption, the early generations meant excessive private interests influencing the exercise of public power," Teachout writes.

We rely on the act and the convention to protect everyone, popular and reviled, against abuses of public power.

Lisa Dillon captures perfectly the eponymous heroine's mix of public power-dressed assurance and private solicitude for both lover and son.

It does nothing to strengthen basic rights and liberties against the misuse of public powers.

That, when taken together with the lack of the classical separation of public powers, and the enforced weakness of China's media, is obviously a much larger obstacle on the road to open, good government.

Its powers includes the enactment and amendment of the constitution and laws; the adoption of the government budget; supervising the Government of Vietnam and other holders of public powers responsible to the National Assembly; and appointing members of the judiciary.

As governor of New York, Franklin D. Roosevelt crusaded for "public power," government-owned electric plants.