But he also charged that his opponent had abandoned the defense principles of Democrats like John F. Kennedy.
Too bad there are not more Democrats like Georgia's Senator Zell Miller, who combines the pro-growth, tax-cutting economics of John F. Kennedy with the strong defense principles of former Senator Sam Nunn.
Instead, the invasion was meant to serve as a test for preventive warfare, or what would later be known as the Bush Doctrine -- a set of defense principles that, according to Bacevich, was Wolfowitz's "handiwork".
More than 30 states have laws expanding on the self-defense principle known as the "castle doctrine," which echoes the old saying "my home is my castle".
More than 30 US states have laws expanding the self-defense principle known as the "castle doctrine," a centuries-old premise to the effect that a person has the right to defend his home against attack.
The commission's investigation should examine the multiple dangers to public safety wrought by undoing traditional self-defense principles.
But the flare-up brought to light the differing styles of Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Cuomo — the mayor's stubborn defense of principle, and the governor's fondness for pragmatism at all costs — and the complications that can result.
The vast majority of the time, people invoke patriotism in defense of principles that they can't logically defend in any other way".
Five days later he was stabbed to death by John Felton, a naval lieutenant who had served in his campaigns and who misguidedly believed that he was acting in defense of principles asserted in the House of Commons.
An editorial in the daily Mlada Fronta Dnes said the struggle of the journalists was justified, if illegal, adding, "Their rebellion is the defense of principles that form the basis for the spread of free, unbiased information".
