The attack, he said in another pronouncement, was "to support and defend the cause of the oppressed".
But if we withdrew, I do think that Britain would find it much to defend the cause of human rights in Belarus, say.
You, too, can provide assistance and defend the cause of all those who fight for one of the pillars of democracy, freedom of information.
"I don't know who appointed you to defend the cause of the Negro," Judge Murray said to the 35 students, all but 3 of whom were white, according to The Associated Press.
We must, as a matter of principle, stand up to defend the cause of the immigrant.
We can honor her service best by helping defend the cause she championed her entire life - equality for all.
Also Psalm 82: "Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
We are called to love mankind, to defend the cause of orphans and widows, to care for the disenfranchised.
Zheng Chenggong ("Koxinga"), who had been adopted by the Longwu Emperor in 1646 and ennobled by Yongli in 1655, also continued to defend the cause of the Southern Ming.
I feel strongly that we should at least consider (if not defend) the cause of the disenfranchised, because the Bible never said, "God helps those who helps themselves".
May he judge your people in righteousness, your poor with justice.... May he defend the cause of the poor among the people, give deliverance to the needy, and crush the oppressor" (Psalm 72 1-2 72 1-2
