Sentence examples for defend and support from inspiring English sources

We ask the international community to defend and support the de-militarisation of Gaza.

But I defend and support her decision to do what she wants with her life, whether others agree with it or not.

Particularly significant of the anomalous position that had arisen in Italy was the action of the pope in conferring on the Frankish king the title of patrician, which could legally be conferred only by the emperor; in the form the pope gave it (patricius Romanorum), the title was meant to authorize its possessor to defend and support the Holy See against its foes.

There have been upheavals in the region in the past, including a huge rebellion in 1990, when Tamashek fighters turned against the Malian government, demanding greater autonomy, a right to defend and support their culture, and even demands for a new country, Azawad.

"There is absolutely no merit in us pandering to it, we are struggling anyway and there is a core constituency of people who will defend and support an intelligent and liberal approach to these things, which is the position we have to take.

However, social rewards facilitate relational behaviors more than economic rewards, given that social rewards intrinsically motivate members to actively defend and support a program provider through affective commitment.

PEN is especially active in defending and supporting writers who are being harassed, persecuted, or oppressed by their government.

Platini said: "I am proud that Uefa has defended and supported a movement for change at Fifa, change which in my opinion is crucial if this organisation is to regain its credibility.

Our black youth are defending and supporting one another ― and subsequently defending and supporting the generations that came before them.

Problems are solved by taking creative risks, and by defending and supporting one's ideas.

In nearly all of my interactions, I am most often defended and supported by those on the right while attacked and vilified by those on the left.