The Republic of Austria refused to defend itself.

Naturally, no one questions America s right to defend itself.

Israel must also defend itself against much Arab hostility.

Israel is, of course, entitled to defend itself from rocket attacks.

Nevertheless, Europe is reasonably equipped to defend itself against external threats.

Traditional security is about a state's ability to defend itself against external threats.

Israel has the right to defend itself including by killing children in their homes with chemical weapons.

New England braced itself for such an attack by appointing a provisional force of 450 to defend the frontier.

On the Day of Judgment every soul shall try to defend itself and every soul will be justly recompensed .

On the Day of Judgment every soul shall try to defend itself and every soul will be justly recompensed .

America must defend itself against terrorist attacks, but that cannot be allowed to become the overarching objective of its existence.

Indeed, rejection of the EU Constitution is a sure way to kill European dynamism and weaken Europe s ability to defend itself.

The good news is that Israel can defend itself with relatively low casualties, its economy is improving, and tourism is recovering.

Artificial or imposed measures whose goal is to reduce Israel's capacity to defend itself cannot help in establishing trust, security and peace in the region.

We, the authors of this article, as well as the organization we represent, the Socialist International, have always defended Israel s right to exist and defend itself.

As the Jordanians put it in their written submission, no right of self defense. . . can be invoked in order to defend that which is itself unlawful.

What does that mean? the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding and the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents

Like Japan in the 1980 s, China must defend itself from US claims that the renminbi s weakness is the source of the imbalances between the two countries.

To defend its legality in hearings before Germany s Constitutional Court, the ECB itself has argued that the OMT program is a less potent instrument than many believe.

Defend yourselves.

Defend yourself.

The EU s members are at war and they need to start acting like it. That means modifying their commitment to fiscal austerity and recognizing that they are better off helping Ukraine to defend itself than hoping that they will not have to defend the EU themselves.

Both thought that only a fiscally strong US could have the military prowess needed to defend itself from the European powers, whose return to American soil both men expected.

Wedged into an area where three giants China, Japan, and Russia confront each other, Korea has had a difficult history of developing sufficient hard military power to defend itself.

Defend the Argentina shirt.

Although they had been dying by the thousands in wars launched by the United States to defend itself and democracy worldwide, Puerto Ricans lacked representation in the United States Congress or Senate.

With Poland unable to effectively defend itself, and with foreign troops already inside the country, the Polish parliament (Sejm) ratified the partition in 1773 during the Partition Sejm convened by the three powers.

So how could any developing country defend to its citizens the idea of opening itself even more to America s highly subsidized banks? At least for the moment, financial market liberalization seems to be dead.

While a significant number expressed a desire for Japan to improve its ability to defend itself, an overwhelming majority rejected the idea of developing nuclear arms and supported continued reliance on the US Japan Security Treaty.

And neither stand up nor defend themselves .

And those who , when wronged , defend themselves .

Lo ! We defend thee from the scoffers ,

who , when they are attacked , defend themselves .

And neither stand up nor defend themselves .

And those who , when wronged , defend themselves .

Lo ! We defend thee from the scoffers ,

who , when they are attacked , defend themselves .

The new Ukraine is resolutely pro European, and ready to defend Europe by defending itself. But its enemies not only Putin s Russia, but also its own bureaucracy and financial oligarchy are formidable, and it cannot defeat them alone.

Israel has the legitimate right to defend itself against such attacks, but it must be exercised in conformity with the principle of proportionality and must, despite all the difficulties in this regard, be in accordance with international law.

President George W. Bush Whatever it costs to defend our security, and whatever it costs to defend our freedom, we must pay it.

Phil Plait How to defend Earth from asteroids

The best way to defend is to attack.

those who , when afflicted by oppression , defend themselves .

those who , when afflicted by oppression , defend themselves .

We shall defend it to the bitter end.