Sentence examples for force and repression from inspiring English sources

It represented the ugly emblem of force and repression.

He has met the spiraling protests with spiraling levels of force and repression.

Russia's reliance on force and repression to pacify the region steadily undermined the legitimacy of its rule.

"The Tibetan Parliament is deeply aggrieved by the incidents and condemns the Chinese authorities for resorting to such drastic acts of force and repression," the exile government said.

For far too long we have utilized "realism" as an excuse for restrictive policies that equate security with the need to resort to force and repression.

The old system, in which secular strongmen used force and repression to hold together feuding ethnic and sectarian groups, was bound to collapse, they say.

And when free-market advocacy alone hasn't worked, military force and brutal repression are always at hand to cow the public, all in the interest of promoting the privatization of public resources, the shredding of the social safety net and opening up new markets for foreign investors.

Abraham H. Foxman, Anti-Defamation League national director, released a statement applauding Obama's support for "universal rights" and opposition to " the use of force and political repression".

Senior U.S administration officials said the report was "the most comprehensive" to date of individual North Korean officials' roles in forced labor and repression.

China's future may well depend on whether forgiveness and love, mercy and humility will prevail over brutality and force, repression and fear.

The regime, to be sure, has managed to regain control of the streets through brute force, show trials and repression.