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- Historic Document · May 29, 20121996 Democratic Platform
want parents to bring order to their children’s lives and teach them right from wrong, and we want to make it easier for them to take that responsibility … them, to know their teachers, and above all, to teach their children right from wrong, set the best example, and teach children how to make responsible decisions. Community empowerment
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121992 Democratic Platform
mountain of public debt and a backbreaking annual burden in interest. It is wrong to borrow to spend on ourselves, leaving our children to pay our debts. We hear … research, education, rural business development, market development and infrastructure to sustain rural communities. Workers’ Rights Our workplaces must be revolutionized to make them more flexible and productive. We will reform
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121984 Democratic Platform
President who launched a covert war in Central America will determine our human rights policy. The President who abandoned the Camp David process will oversee Middle East policy, The President … something wrong with our government’s policy when it’s cheaper to shut a plant down than it is to operate it...The Houston Works plant sits right
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121980 Democratic Platform
training programs, must be expanded. We must make the most basic American civil right—the right to vote—fully available to the handicapped. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Martin … most basic human freedoms—the right to free speech, the right to religious freedom, the right to travel and emigrate, and the right to be free from arbitrary harassment
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121976 Democratic Platform
basic needs of workers and their families. Jobs enable a person to translate legal rights of equality into reality. Our industrial capacity is also wastefully under-utilized. There are houses … repair, rivers to clean, and new sources of energy to develop. Something is wrong when there is work to be done, and the people who are willing
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121972 Democratic Platform
attorneys fees in all successful suits including class actions involving Constitutionally-guaranteed rights, or rights secured by federal statutes; Adjust rate-making and regulatory activities, with particular attention to regulations … anti-social conduct; Reaffirmation of the rights of bilingual, handicapped or slow-learning children to education in the public schools, instead of being wrongly classified as retarded or uneducable
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121964 Democratic Platform
human dignity. We reaffirm our belief that lawless disregard for the rights of others is wrong—whether used to deny equal rights or to obtain equal rights. We cannot
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121924 Democratic Platform
practice economy in the expenditure of public money; to reverence and respect the rights of all under the constitution. To condemn and destroy government by the spy and blackmailer which … parts of the public domain which have been fraudulently or illegally leased or otherwise wrongfully transferred to the control of private interests; vigorous prosecution of all public officials, private citizens
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121916 Democratic Platform
American citizens in their rights, not only at home but abroad, and any country having a government should be held to strict accountability for any wrongs done them, either … fundamental principle of justice and humanity, that all men shall enjoy equality of right and freedom from discrimination in the lands wherein they dwell. XXII. Prison Reform We demand that
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121884 Democratic Platform
powers. It is an imperative duty of this Government to efficiently protect all the rights of persons and property of every American citizen in foreign lands, and demand and enforce … general judgment of our fellow-countrymen is united in the wish that that wrong were righted in his person, for the Democracy of the United States we offer
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121876 Democratic Platform
while upholding the bond of our Union and great charter of these our rights, it behooves a free people to practice also that eternal vigilance which is the price … parties, we get no change of measures and no real reform. All these abuses, wrongs, and crimes, the product of sixteen years’ ascendency of the Republican party, create a necessity
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121872 Democratic Platform
terms, regarding it alike dishonorable either to demand what is not right or to submit to what is wrong. 13. For the promotion and success of these vital principles
- Historic Document · May 29, 20122008 Republican Platform
grasp. It shows what the American people can accomplish when government respects their rights, conserves their resources, and calls upon their love of country. It is not a tribute … Surveillance Act was so vital, and why the Democrats’ opposition to it was so wrong. Immigration, National Security, and the Rule of Law Immigration policy is a national security issue
- Historic Document · May 29, 20122000 Republican Platform
constitutional amendment that will restore to the people, through their elected representatives, their right to safeguard Old Glory. Another sign of our unity is the role of English … eight years. To the contrary, sixteen hard-core terrorists were granted clemency, sending the wrong signal to others who would use terror against the American people. The administration started
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121996 Republican Platform
administration locked into the counterculture battles of its youth. Americans are right to say we are on the wrong track. Our prestige in the world is declining. Economic growth here … created the mess: more federal control and more spending on all the wrong things. He opposes family rights in education and opportunity scholarships for poor children. When it comes
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121992 Republican Platform
right to choose the best school for their children. Schools should teach right from wrong. Schools should reinforce parental authority, not replace it. We should increase flexibility from federal regulation … ones most responsible for passing on to their offspring a sense of right and wrong. The lesson our Party draws is important—that all of us, individuals and corporations alike
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121988 Republican Platform
percent of GNP. U.S. manufacturing jobs have increased overall since 1982. The Democrats are wrong about America losing its industrial base, except in Massachusetts, where the Democrat governor of that … root causes of today’s youth crisis: • We will assert absolutes of right and wrong concerning drug abuse and other forms of self-destructive behavior. • We will require parental consent
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121980 Republican Platform
United Nations Declaration on Human Rights and the Helsinki Agreements which guarantee rights such as the free interchange of information and the right to emigrate. A Republican Administration will press … legitimacy to organizations not yet willing to acknowledge the fundamental right to existence of the State of Israel is wrong. Repeated indications, even when subsequently denied, of the Carter Administration
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121976 Republican Platform
Security records. Recent Supreme Court decisions have held that an individual has no constitutional right to the privacy of records held in banks or other depository institutions and that they … security. Education Our children deserve quality education. We believe that segregated schools are morally wrong and unconstitutional. However, we oppose forced busing to achieve racial balances in our schools
- Historic Document · May 29, 20121972 Republican Platform
Government in this area. To continue progress for women’s rights, we will work toward: Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment; Appointment of women to highest level positions … Nixon approved strong new amendments to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and we pledge continued vigilance to ensure that the rights affirmed by this act are upheld. The cultural