Sentence examples for instruments of the state from inspiring English sources

Terror, from this moment forward, will be exerted not by frightening female spirits, but by the instruments of the state.

But this is less likely if some communities feel the instruments of the state are not really on their side.

The horror was the alliance of religious fanaticism with the instruments of the state, and the two combined for torture and official murder.

After all, it is these instruments of the state that are our response to moral transgression and they appear to have failed.

Obama praised his government's "restraint," though it is hard to tell if this is one of its qualities or if it hasn't had the time (or the control over the instruments of the state) to do much of anything yet.

"The instruments of the state are being used with the purpose of defaming and discrediting the honour of the people," Ms Pinochet said in a statement released to the Chilean media.

The end came when the rhetoric of liberty was marshalled as an instrument of the state.

"It is and must always be a neutral instrument of the state, no matter which party holds sway".

The company is looking more like an instrument of the state than a guardian of shareholder interests.

"The most important instrument of the state is to allow head teachers to keep order in their schools.

But while Mr. Libeskind may deny that he is an instrument of the state, he has become one nonetheless, appropriating symbols for political use.