Sentence examples for firm defenders from inspiring English sources

Although not prominent in politics, Turkish Jews are firm defenders of the secular tenets established by Ataturk, the founder of the republic, and like many Turks they have been concerned over a rise in Islamic fundamentalism.

But China and Russia remain firm defenders of the rights of sovereign governments to quell secessionist movements, and do not seem squeamish about the means.They may be even keener, after the UN-authorised intervention in Libya, to show that was the exception to a rule of non-interference.

Zimmermann is a firm defender of strong encryption technology, suggesting that it's one of the relatively few bona-fide success stories in the online security world.

He was a firm defender of the state of Israel and vocal opponent of antisemitism in his party, in Britain and abroad.

For the Treasury, he named Paul O'Neill, chairman of Alcoa; for the Pentagon, Donald Rumsfeld, who held the same job in the Ford administration; for the Interior Department, Gale Norton, a westerner and firm defender of property rights; and as labour secretary, Linda Chavez, an outspoken opponent of racial preferences in hiring.

A firm defender of American power and a confrontational advocate for wielding that strength abroad, Mr Bolton has never shied away from making his strong views known - whether from a government perch, in the pages of newspapers or from a Fox News pulpit.

But Obama was no firm defender of the old-age programs.

And Russia has been a firm defender of the Syrian government, a longtime ally.

She was also a firm defender of her son's sometimes controversial comments.

The Green Party released a separate statement calling Escobar, "A firm defender of the rule of law, who we are sure and convinced is innocent".

"It moved into social control very quickly, in her courtroom," Emma Ketteringham, the managing director of the Family Defense Practice at the law firm the Bronx Defenders, says.