They spoke passionately about their beliefs and shared their ideas readily.

It does not mean that I don't have values or beliefs, but it does mean I am not hardened around them.

The Sudan is committed to safeguarding the dignity of humankind and respect for its rights, guided by its values, heritage and beliefs.

Traditionally, society has measured business competence by a person s intellectual ability to examine problems broadly and deeply. But, in order to seize global opportunities today, we need to emphasize a new dimension the ability to create a shared set of values and foster a culture that embraces those beliefs.

That bid culminated in today's vote on this resolution, which seeks to impose a single set of values and beliefs upon the international community.

The Millennium Development Goals reflect our shared values about basic human rights the right to live in dignity.

One reason is that liberal neo classical economists like Stiglitz and Krugman share values with heterodox economists, and shared values are easily conflated with shared analysis. Another reason is that heterodox and MIT School economists also often agree on policy, even if their reasoning is different.

It is to choose the option that is consistent with our shared values of democracy, accountability, flexibility and fairness.

7. In order to translate these shared values into actions, we have identified key objectives to which we assign special significance.

Metternich s system worked through much of the nineteenth century, because it protected a genuine balance of power between countries that shared common values. But what common values do King, Pope, and American President share?

They agreed on shared universal values, and they ushered in hopes for timed and measurable development goals, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

We live in an age when our shared values, such as freedom, justice and respect for all, are under attack by terrorists.

Recognizing the valuable contributions of all religions and beliefs to modern civilization and the contribution that dialogue among civilizations can make to an improved awareness and understanding of common values,

Even as we acknowledge the past and confront the scourge of anti Semitism, this anniversary is an opportunity to look forward and to build a future based on our shared values and shared responsibilities as free nations.

This is not a story of a nameless someone who lived in some war, who we do not know their hopes, their dreams, their accomplishments, their families, their beliefs, their values.

Beginning with the entrepreneur who has the power to mould his her company according to his her values and beliefs, the EoC seeks to put the human person in the forefront.

The framework consists of universally shared values, cutting across all cultures and civilizations, especially tolerance, mutual understanding and observance of human rights and democratic governance.

Bearing in mind the valuable contribution that dialogue among civilizations can make to an improved awareness and understanding of the common values shared by all humankind,

Bearing in mind the valuable contribution that dialogue among civilizations can make to an improved awareness and understanding of the common values shared by all humankind,

Bearing in mind the valuable contribution that dialogue among civilizations can make to an improved awareness and understanding of the common values shared by all humankind,

Identification and promotion of common ground among civilizations in order to address common challenges threatening shared values, universal human rights and achievements of human society in various fields

So what are beliefs?

4. We reaffirm that our common fundamental values, including freedom, equality, solidarity, tolerance, respect for all human rights, respect for nature and shared responsibility, are essential to international relations.

The framework consists of universally shared values cutting across all cultures and civilizations, especially tolerance, respect for the other, mutual understanding and observance of human rights and democratic governance.

Fourthly, even if, on the one hand, the invocation of shared values is often not enough in and of itself to resolve conflicts and overcome misunderstandings, one must, on the other hand, recognize that the political and legal framework of a democracy remains a dead letter, and may even appear to be unjust, if it is not animated by a spirit of mutual respect and of shared basic values.

Michael Shermer on strange beliefs

Ultimately it would be the unity of the international community, universal beliefs, shared determination and combined strength that would enable the defeat of the threats from crime and the fulfilment of the responsibilities of Governments towards their citizens.

Thirdly, mutual respect on the basis of shared human values only develops within a democratic political and legal framework that respects minorities and is based on the rule of law.

However, there was no contradiction between the Millennium Declaration and the Durban agenda, as they were based on common fundamental values freedom, equality, solidarity, tolerance, respect for nature and shared responsibility.

In recognition of shared British citizenship, the relationship between the United Kingdom and St. Helena would be based on the partnership values set out at the beginning of the draft constitution.

It's about our beliefs and expectations.

But it is important to recognize that North Korea and South Korea started out with identical sets of rules in both the sense of laws and regulations, but also in the deeper senses of understandings, norms, culture, values and beliefs.

To promote a culture of peace, justice and human development, ethnic, national and religious tolerance and respect for all religions, religious values, beliefs or cultures by establishing and encouraging, as appropriate, education and public awareness programmes involving all sectors of society.

Japan and South Korea, for example, are vibrant democracies and export oriented economic powerhouses, with traditionally close cultural ties and many shared values. In other words, they are ideal candidates for collaboration.

The Declaration calls for thematic dialogues on issues such as our openness to ideas different from our own, the appreciation of differences and distinctions, and the search for common and shared values.

The promise of Western integration is one reason that conflict seems impossible, for it is a question of geography as much as shared values and culture. Ukraine belongs to a united European political entity the values that Ukraine endorses and that are embedded in its history are European to the core.

In this view, national identity, is a spiritual concept based on a common history and set of values. Some of these values are rooted in a kind of secular Christianity, and others in the Enlightenment s revolutionary beliefs about human rights, equality, the French language, secular schooling, and the idea that the state is responsible for the common interest and application of republican principles.

Indeed, the bitter experience WWII taught Europeans how fundamental is the importance of shared values. In an impoverished, war ravaged Europe, people yearned for peace, freedom, stability, and a new chance to prosper.

Recognizing the valuable contributions of all religions to modern civilization and the contribution that dialogue among civilizations can make to an improved awareness and understanding of the common values shared by all humankind,

Recognizing the valuable contributions of all religions to modern civilization and the contribution that dialogue among civilizations can make to an improved awareness and understanding of the common values shared by all humankind,

She feels that, in acting as she did, she was faithful to her most cherished values and beliefs. And she has no doubt that the West, in responding to the Arab League s entreaty to intervene, avoided a replay of Srebrenica in North Africa.

To continue to arrange under the auspices of the United Nations initiatives and programmes to promote dialogue, tolerance and understanding among civilizations, cultures, peoples and religions, and to promote mutual respect for and prevent the defamation of religions, religious values, beliefs and cultures.

They aggregate around the things they love, the things that they like, and if you think about it, shared interests and values are a far more powerful aggregator of human beings than demographic categories.

The Conference aimed at enhancing interfaith cooperation, promoting the culture of peace and dialogue among civilizations and translating shared values into practical action in order to achieve sustainable peace in the twenty first century.

She especially expressed on behalf of CONGO Board members their commitments to human rights, democratic governance and their reiteration of the values of freedom, equality, solidarity, tolerance, and respect for nature and shared responsibility.