Alexandra Adornetto

The young people I know judge leaders by their deeds and abhor hypocrisy. Inconsistency and point-scoring do not win respect. It's not easy to be engaged in political debate when it is reduced to performers trying to outdo each other. Actions from leaders must mirror the values they claim to espouse.

Australian Author

Imelda Staunton

Looking back, there is nothing wrong with that peace, love and equality that the hippies espoused. In many ways, we have regressed because they were into organic food, back to nature, make love not war, be good to all men, share and share alike - which is what many are talking about now.

English Actress

Ann Widdecombe

For most of my political life I was not ecstatic but I was happy because I had huge confidence in the causes I espoused and the work I was doing. Even under extreme pressure I was satisfied that I was fighting a good fight.

British Politician

Josh Widdicombe

I have never bought into this view that some people have that the job of the comedian is to espouse opinions and change the world - I think the job of a comedian is to be funny.

English Comedian

Richard Grenell

While other countries may espouse the liberal utopian dream of a global community, it's usually only to get the richer countries to pay more money for the world's problems.

American Diplomat

T. Harv Eker

Try paying the bills with love. The idea I am trying to espouse is that you can have both love and money, and be rich and generous.

Canadian Author

Swara Bhaskar

Being unapologetic about my body, my sexuality, my life's decisions is a political belief that, as a feminist, I strongly espouse.

Indian Actress

Mike Barnicle

Political people give speeches and espouse positions declaring that America is the best and strongest nation in the world.

American Journalist

Linda Johnson Rice

My family has always made Chicago our home, and I care deeply about the values our company has espoused for decades.

American Businesswoman

Elaine Chao

Activists have every right to espouse their views of utopia.

American Politician

‘Espouse’ implies an active and public backing of an idea, not just silent agreement.

Active Support

Using 'espouse' suggests a positive and honorable support for something generally seen as good or progressive.

Positive Connotation

‘Espouse’ is more formal; you'll find it in written texts more than in everyday conversation.

Formal Context

In a historical context, ‘espouse’ refers to entering into marriage. Now it’s seldom used this way.

Historical Marriage

‘Espouse’ can hint at marriages that are more like formal alliances than romantic unions.

Formal Alliance

Its usage in the context of marriage is considered archaic – modern English typically uses ‘marry’ instead.

Archaic Usage

 if the world superpower today was a communist, it would be much easier for democracy activists to use democracy activism as a form of resistance against colonialism, than it is today with the world superpower being America, occupying certain lands and also espousing democratic ideals. So roughly these four reasons

Maajid Nawaz: A global...

 but by the offer of learning how to become a carpenter, a practical making skill. So the trendiest schools in the world, High Tech High and others, they espouse a philosophy of learning as productive activity. Here, there isn't really an option. Learning has to be productive

Charles Leadbeater:...

 if you're really taking this view of the universe as a computer, how do we make things in a very general sense, and how might we share the way we make things in a general sense the same way you share open source hardware? And a lot of talks here have espoused the benefits

Saul Griffith: Hardware...

 parts of me i i don't like very much and you espouse this really powerfully in the book that part of the insight of meditation is the sort of gradual letting go of sense of self and a kind of almost a humility that there's just a lot more going on in there and our

Yuval Noah Harari...

 Unfortunately, Plato was inconsistent with women, elsewhere likening them to children. He also believed that a woman's womb was a live animal that could wander around in her body and cause illness. This bad idea, also espoused by other contemporaries of Plato,

Plato’s best (and worst)...

 The suspicions that you hold about people who espouse beliefs that you don't have, starts to evaporate. Because you can imagine yourself stepping into those shoes. And as you're stepping into those, you're embracing the humility of uncertainty.

How to disagree...

 world superpower being America occupying certain lands and also espousing democratic ideals so roughly these four reasons make it a lot more difficult for democratic culture to spread as a civilizational choice not merely as a political choice

A global culture to...

 one for yourself and one for others. It must be the same. You cannot discriminate. You cannot be in favor of your own values, which are at a distance from the values that you espouse. So, fairness to one and to the other

Anil Gupta: India's...

 What I take away, and this in some ways is the most important, he espoused and exhibited a reverence for dignity that was really, really unusual. At a micro level, the individuals around him were visible. He saw them.

Samantha Power: Shaking...

 and didn't just espouse his philosophy -- that made him the force of nature that he was, and still engages us today. His wisdom has salvaged me many times in my when my brother died, when my heart's been broken,

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