Sentence examples for insisted to save from inspiring English sources

So when the Socialists melted away (Craxi later fled to Tunisia to avoid jail), Berlusconi went into politics, not just, as he always insisted, "to save the country from Communism" but also to protect his media holdings from his enemies.

At the time, the government insisted this was to save energy.

The goal of the consulting deal, he insisted, was not to save Colonel Qaddafi but to prevent a bloodbath in Libya by creating a quick way out for the ruler and his family.

Tasers, he insists, are meant to save lives.

A consortium of businesses and individuals insists its plans to save shipbuilding in Portsmouth are viable.

Accompanying me is Machot Lat Thiep, a Lost Boy and former child soldier and now a manager of a Costco in Seattle, who insists he wants to "save his country".

Lippmann, Hayek and Friedman insisted they were trying to save democracy, not destroy it.

Although Mussolini insisted that he wanted to save Parliament rather than undermine it, the Acerbo Law enabled the Fascists to take control of Parliament the following year and impose a dictatorship.

Proponents of the capture plan, however, have insisted that the urgency to save the species far outweighs these dangers.

On 31 July the hunger strike began to break, when the mother of Paddy Quinn insisted on medical intervention to save his life.

Murphy took over in December insisting that he expected to save every seat.