Sentence examples for pushing for democracy from inspiring English sources

What do they call the secularists in Egypt today pushing for democracy over a theocracy?

"This is obscene," said Maureen Aung-Thwin, director of the Burma Project at the Open Society Institute, a New York-based foundation pushing for democracy in Myanmar.

On issues from political reform to rewriting school curriculums, those pushing for democracy or expanded rights for women find themselves facing vociferous accusations that they are pursuing an American agenda, or American dictums.

Also, I am surprised that instead of admiring Mr. Bush for his plain talk with Gen. Pervez Musharraf in pushing for democracy in Pakistan and denying his country similar terms, you criticize him for insulting General Musharraf.

Lester Shum, a student leader, said it was pointless to debate whether the umbrella movement had been a success or a failure and said activists now needed to find different ways of pushing for democracy.

For Egypt there's also the Israel factor; the many ways in which the Egyptian regime is now serving Israel's interests were well summed up by veteran journalist David Ottaway's comment, on Voice of America, that President Obama will probably see that pushing for democracy in Egypt would have an adverse effect on the "peace" talks.

Leader: Tony Blair must push for democracy.

In the years ahead, political reformers, primarily city people, pushed for democracy.

How can America continue to push for democracy throughout the world and then deny Israelis basic democratic freedoms?

Also, when the United States pushes for democracy without really supporting liberalism in the Islamic world in an adequate way, support for the Islamists grows.

It may not necessarily agitate for change -- like business executives everywhere, those in China crave stability and may not push for democracy.