Sentence examples for uphold a vision from inspiring English sources

We uphold a vision of international security we share with other nations.

He walks visibly bowed under the burden of his imperfection, sighing with the struggle to uphold a vision of the ideal.

Over the past nine years, eight years as attorney general and one as governor, I've tried to uphold a vision of progressive politics that would rebuild New York and create opportunity for all.

John Paul may have brought the church in line with the tides of history, but on sexual abuse he upheld a vision of the priesthood that critics say ultimately favors the hierarchy over the victims.

The group upholds a vision of jazz derived partly from the racial heritage of its all-star roster: the trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, the tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, the trombonist James Burton, the pianist Xavier Davis, the bassist Dwayne Burno and the drummer Johnathan Blake.

The Daodejing upholds a vision of an original harmony that human beings once had, a way that consisted in living in accord with the natural grain of things, and that involves seeking only what one truly needs, not in multiplying useless desires that only agitate and ultimately make us unhappy.

Altogether the rhythm section upheld a cruising, unflappable vision of post-bop.

Mr. Obama differentiated between the Republican Party today and an earlier time when the party, he said, upheld "a noble Republican vision of what this country can be" and had statesmen like Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan who "didn't spend all their time playing games or scoring points" and "didn't always prey on people's fears".

It means upholding a whole new vision of shared humanity, a whole new world of nonviolence.

One way that the Dalai Lama hopes to prevent a violent future is by teaching younger figures to uphold his vision until a reincarnation comes of age — or a secular exile leadership can gain support.

Probably not, as qualifications seem to be irrelevant to Senate Republicans who appear increasingly persuaded that a businessman with zero government experience and troubling constitutional views would somehow uphold their vision of a principled conservative for the Supreme Court.