"We've achieved that through laws and technologies that exist today".
Mrs Mubarak pushed through laws banning female genital mutilation and allowing women to become judges.
Indeed, Mr Blair might find that, when it comes to pushing through laws, a departure date will help.
The reformers have also been able to push through laws on private land ownership, deregulation and other pressing issues.
Authority should be wielded not whimsically but through laws (fa) that the ruler promulgates and that all must obey.
He hastily pushed through laws that imposed a severe version of Sharia on Sudan, including its Christian and animist south.
The Greens policy calls for greater recognition of same-sex parents, including through laws dealing with in-vitro fertilisation.
Meanwhile, the N.R.A. and its allies have done a brilliant job at pushing through laws that make it nearly impossible to prevent gun violence.
We didn't outlaw cigarettes, or eliminate cars, but we have reduced the harm they cause through laws and innovations based on research, and through campaigns that changed norms.
The government, through laws and regulations, creates agencies to oversee and formally inspect such things as water supplies, food processing, sewage treatment, drains, air contamination, and pollution.
However, whether created through laws or through social pressure, it is doubtful that high voter turnout is a good indication of an electorate's capability for intelligent social choice.
