Sentence examples for quiet citizens from inspiring English sources

These troops were turning "peaceable and quiet citizens into desperate guerillas [sic]." In the summer before Shelby's raid, the hardliner Benjamin F. Loan threatened to execute "the first half dozen Secessionists whom he could find nearest to the Spot" of guerrilla depredations and ordered the burning of private dwellings.

The Israeli military can win the battles, but peace and quiet for the citizens of Israel will only be achieved through political compromise.

For regimes in central and eastern Europe, funds from the European Union have been the equivalent of oil to some Arab authoritarian states: governments can strategically employ the subsidies to buy support or at least keep citizens quiet.

The operation will continue until its goals are reached: To bring quiet to the citizens of Israel for a long period of time, and to seriously harm Hamas and other terrorist organizations' infrastructure in the Gaza Strip".

Their relentless, attention-grabbing effort, perhaps unprecedented for Israel in its scope and endurance, transformed all the Shalit family members, including the grandfather Zvi, from quiet and anonymous citizens into household names, and put their barely known village in northern Israel definitively on the media's map.

— Ofir Gendelman (@ofirgendelman) July 21 , 2014PM Netanyahu The operation will be expanded until the goal is achieved – restoring quiet to the citizens of Israel for a long period of time But he hinted at a possible reason for scaling back the offensive, should his government so choose.

The region's rulers have long relied on their oil wealth as a way to keep their citizens quiet but as ripples of unrest spread, this may not work for ever.Kuwait's prime minister, Sheikh Nasser al-Sabah, a senior member of the ruling family, had to step down on November 28th over allegations of corruption.

Reacting to anger from the Arab world, as well a call by the United Nations to cease hosilities, Ms. Livni said on "Fox News Sunday" that the assault "is needed in order to change the realities on the ground, and to give peace and quiet to the citizens in southern Israel".

Ofir Gendelman (@ofirgendelman) PM Netanyahu The operation will be expanded until the goal is achieved – restoring quiet to the citizens of Israel for a long period of time July 21 , 2014But he hinted at a possible reason for scaling back the offensive, should his government so choose.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said the operation in Gaza will continue until it restores security and quiet to Israeli citizens.

"Operation Protective Edge will continue until its objective has been fulfilled - the restoration of long-term quiet for the citizens of Israel while causing significant damage to terrorist infrastructure," he said.