Word: governments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...politics has been a formula for intractability. O'Brien carefully works his way to this point, noting that rhetoric does not always reflect reality. For example, the Jewish state derives its reason for being from ancient texts that have little relationship to liberal theories about the consent of the governed. Yet Israel is a vigorous democracy. By contrast, the 1968 Palestinian National Covenant calls for the establishment of a secular democracy even though, as O'Brien notes, "the rulers of the region, in practice, assume and enforce the consent of those they govern, as the rulers of the region have...
...Rumanian minister, whose religious views prompted the communist regime to force him out of his native country, said last night that self-fulfillment is found through self-denial and allowing God to govern one's life...
...opposite of self-denial is self-government," said the Baptist minister who was persecuted and eventually forced to leave Rumania for his attempts to achieve religious freedom. "Self-denial is giving your life to someone else to govern and dispose with. Self-denial is a way of knowing...
...benchmark of a just, compassionate and enlightened society come to mind when I read of President Reagan's refusal to speak at the Harvard festivities. It is ironic that Charles, the Prince of Wales, should be appearing at this event--symbolic of America's self-determination to govern itself and create a principled, beacon of democracy in a new world; yet this President and his advisors cannot put aside their penchant for divisive, ideological game-playing to recognize an institution that predates the founding of this great republic. Andrew I. Wolf...
...group agreed on four principles, which were subsequently presented to President Reagan: Marcos' ability to govern with the consent of his people had ended; any effort by him to crush the reform movement would only worsen the situation; it was of great importance to the U.S. that force not be used; and it would be damaging to U.S. standing in the world if Marcos were treated like the Shah of Iran, who was admitted to the U.S. for medical treatment but was not permitted by the Carter Administration to remain. As it turned out, Marcos was less worried about...