"We decided to totally secure ourselves," he said.
It is important that we try to secure ourselves as well as possible.
"The police chief said, 'We can't secure ourselves, how can we secure you?' " Mr. Javed said.
"There is a real sense of purpose and strategy, the club is thinking about the next transfer window and the one after, and how we make sure that we secure ourselves commercially and financially.
"Everything they do is, 'How are we going to make a profit, and how are we going to secure ourselves against risk?' " The idea of pooling loans and selling them to investors dates back to 1970, but the practice has exploded in recent years.
"We get another two bites at the cherry, so to speak, and we want to make sure that we secure ourselves in the Premiership for next season".
Indeed, much of human fellowship and solidarity is founded upon the support and comfort we lend to each other in times of need, and in the common enterprises by which we seek to secure ourselves and one another against the depredations of natural evil.
Because our efforts to exploit the earth's resources are damaging it so much, the fatal irony is that our efforts to secure ourselves may destroy us.
It is in our interest to invest in our own country, to secure ourselves from terrorism, and to assist the international community with developing Afghanistan and other conflict regions.
If we can no longer rely on God to take care of us, we must secure ourselves, by subduing nature until it meets all our needs and satisfies all of our purposes - which is, of course, never.
