Sentence examples for defenceless citizens from inspiring English sources

The good society requires the state – national and local government – to protect otherwise defenceless citizens against private tyranny.

If the government does this to other states, which might have the capacity to detect its spying and which certainly have the means to object to it, what is it doing to defenceless citizens?

Boko Haram and militant groups have taken up arms against the State [Nigeria] and its defencible and defenceless citizens, resulting from frustration and social discontentment.

The test of a civilised society is how well it protects the most vulnerable and defenceless of its citizens.

Taking guns away from honest citizens leaves them defenceless against criminals, who will ignore any gun-control laws, argue opponents of such measures.

It is there too when Israeli leaders insist that they have not only the right but the duty to crush any and every threat to the security of their citizens, because "never again" will Jews be left defenceless.

He asked Congolese soldiers and police to "protect citizens and not to obey perverse orders aimed at killing defenceless men and women".

His victims were defenceless.

I'm defenceless.

He was completely defenceless.

They are defenceless.