The authority of our system comes not just from elected leaders, but from active citizens.
But in addition to good government and funding, supporting our troops and their families requires active citizens.
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Therefore, around the National Youth Policy, there will be a continuous advocacy process to involve aware and active citizens with the aim to ensure its implementation and monitoring.
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Tom Loosemore, head of 4iP, Channel 4's Innovation fund, said he suspected that active citizens and frustrated users could become a big catalyst for change in public services.
"We also have to have regard in excercising constitutional principles to the socio economic realities, and treat the electorate with the respect they deserve as active citizens, " he said.
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Encouraging people to become active citizens in the so-called Big Society was one of the Conservatives' key themes, he said, and citizenship teaching was the ideal subject to aid this.
Democracies are most effective when people not only vote for them, but embrace their responsibilities under a democratic system -- when they commit to be active citizens, aware citizens, when they participate, when they vote.
They deserve to be active citizens.
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In the 21st century, information is power, the truth cannot be hidden, and the legitimacy of governments will ultimately depend on active and informed citizens.
And that's where active, engaged citizens come in.
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Particular attention should be given to cooperating with other Creative Cities, in building North-South and North-South-South relationships, and ensuring the application clearly demonstrates active participation of the citizens of the city, including the young and vulnerable in the development of the bid.
Thus, if all citizens are highly active, governments may have little leeway to act in the face of unexpected events.
Ordinary citizens need to get politically active in order to shape technology and the social norms around them.
In Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom, where citizens had to make an active choice to donate organs, only 4% to 17% consented to do so.
With the click of a button, Connected To The Case utilizes profile information provided by users on Facebook and other social media platforms to show real-time results for how citizens are personally connected to active cases.
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As an example, last week, I signed the Travel Promotion Act, a law that will establish active promotion and marketing efforts to encourage foreign citizens to come visit the most dynamic cities, the most entertaining destinations, and the most beautiful natural resources in the world.
For a tiny place with only 3.1 million citizens, Singapore supports more than 14 active theater groups.
There was a lot of confusion and controversy about counting ballots sent to Florida by active duty military personnel and U.S. citizens living abroad.
These regulations will not only improve air quality for our nation's citizens, but will also create jobs and an active marketplace for emissions trading.
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The lessons and the legacy of the AME Church are part of our story as Americans, and as citizens, we have inherited the responsibility to be active and engaged in our democracy.
That will no doubt change as more and more become politically active and as their children, nearly all of whom are American citizens, grow older.
The largest and most active of these groups number about 500, according to a spokesman for the Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice.
The address received broad support from centre-right and liberal group leaders Joseph Daul and Guy Verhofstadt, who said that citizens wanted "more not less Europe", and called for the Commission to be more pro-active in coming forward with new legislation to promote economic growth.
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