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Romania, for its part, has a history not at all admirable in regard to it its “Roma” minority, whose shortcomings and deeds always attract blame but never any real action by the state to improve their condition.
Beyond undertaking dark deeds as one of Mao’s lieutenants, Deng played a decisive role in ordering the massacre in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
It is not yet clear whether words will be matched with deeds.
In all of these efforts, there is one common imperative: matching words with deeds.
Moreover, the altruist does not have to suffer for his good deeds; on the contrary, he often benefits indirectly from them, while the selfish actor often creates misery for himself as well as others.
Actively helping to solve global public-goods challenges (like climate change, human-rights protection, international piracy, drug trafficking, cross-border population flows, and elimination of weapons of mass destruction), even when there is no direct economic or strategic payoff, is not simply the foreign policy equivalent of Boy Scout good deeds.
Besides the lawyers legitimating the deeds, psychologists, psychiatrists, doctors (whose presence was mandatory at any session), and scholars also regularly provided moral, legal, or philosophical justifications.
For starters, finance provides an accurate yardstick to gauge if deeds are consistent with words.
This historic moment invites us to rededicate ourselves to this European tradition as well, and to admit clearly that there are values that transcend our immediate interest, that we are not accountable solely to our party, our voters, our lobbies or our state but, in fact, to all humanity, including those who come after us, and that the decision on the worth of our deeds will ultimately be made beyond the realm around us.
Steyer’s deeds matter, not because he is an Everyman who switches from an SUV to a hybrid, but because he is a key player in the global economy who wants to make a difference.
Their fundamental realization – that concrete deeds mean more than lofty intentions – shaped the talks between the two countries.
So-called trust deeds, set up locally, will manage these funds, which will eventually pay for the fences’ maintenance.
Given this, we have only one possibility: to search inside ourselves as well as around us, for a sense of responsibility for the world; for mutual understanding and solidarity; for humility before the miracle of Being; for the ability to restrain ourselves in the general interest and to perform good deeds even if they remain unseen and unrecognized.
We must build on the promise of the New York Declaration and start turning words into deeds.
Palestinians, for their part, will be expected to answer questions – in deeds, not just in words – about their ability to build a modern pluralistic state.
Critics point to his sometimes reckless sexual behavior; to his scant legislative record; and to his failure to match words with deeds.
If well-meaning elites are serious about ushering in a more inclusive form of globalization, they will need to back their words with deeds.
Perhaps more importantly, he has turned words into deeds, volunteering at an animal shelter and working with the Humane Society of the United States to oppose dog fighting.
It is not only that there is a large gap between official words and deeds;I find that the words sometimes directly contradict the deeds in a kind of Orwellian doublespeak.
In short, the order of the day should be less abstract worry about Europe's identity and more practical action to define it in deeds, not symbols.
An atmosphere in which unlawful deeds become heroic acts was a signature feature of Stalin's rule.
The new government would reaffirm the fundamental right to private property, and would set about issuing legal title to ownership in the form of deeds to rural and urban dwellers.
Or they could be the ones who hold up a mirror to those in authority, making sure that the latter serve a good cause, and that they do not begin to use fine words as a cloak for evil deeds, as happened to so many intellectuals in politics in past centuries.
Words must be matched by deeds before people are convinced.
One place to look to see if deeds are forthcoming is in Bush’s latest budget.
Of course, words are not deeds.
They gave themselves over to huge, dangerous, and heroic deeds.
Indeed, Germany’s failure to match deeds with words reflects the country’s utter lack of clarity on matters of defense.
He vowed on prime-time television to defend “our Amazon” and fight environmental crime, but his deeds fall well short of his words.
Yet without a reckoning for past deeds committed against the system itself, democratic constitutionalism eventually will crumble.
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