Sentence examples for stood for democracy from inspiring English sources

Any lingering puzzlement at the prime minister's behaviour was emphatically dispelled when the Guardian recently revealed documents exposing the price tag likely to have attached to any alternative British policy that stood for democracy or failed to demonise victims of the military violence that destroyed it.

We fought for the ballot box against the Armalite for 38 years in Northern Ireland; we stood for democracy against communism for 44 years in Europe; we stood for the democratic right of self-determination in the Falklands in 1982 and still do; and now as a parliamentarian I am asked to accept an abuse of the democratic process, and I will not do it".

Amazing Turks, stood for democracy while superpowers waited for results to take sides #failedcoup Allah Akbar.

The vast majority of those affected had nothing to do with the coup; many, in fact, stood for democracy.

Notions that the British "constituted an Island race, and that it stood for democracy were reinforced during the war and they were circulated in the country through Winston Churchill's speeches, history books and newspapers".

Judge Aponte admitted to playing a central role in the Chavez government's persecution of dissidents and anyone else who stood for democracy and the free market in Venezuela, including judges, businessmen, bankers and journalists.

"I stand for peace, I stand for democracy – a real democracy where everyone has an opportunity.

He stands for democracy, and for the worst-off.

If we don't stand for democracy now, heart and soul, what do we stand for?

A better name for what Europe really needs might be plan 4D, to stand for democracy, delivery, dreams and diversity.

It stands for democracy, fairness, stability, quality, meticulousness, punctuality, thrift, efficiency, openness and all sorts of other desirable things.