Sentence examples for to commit aggression from inspiring English sources

"Every tyrant in the world should begin to commit aggression as fast as he can because for the next 10 years or so, there is no court in the world that will try him," Mr. Ferencz said.

For a war to be just, some core duty must be violated: in this case, the duty not to commit aggression.

Bush seemed to suggest he would endorse a more muscular foreign policy, saying the perception of American retreat from the global stage in recent years had emboldened Russian President Vladimir Putin to commit aggression in Ukraine.

The deterioration of the situation in Afghanistan has been the inevitable result of America's continuation of the very dynamic that led to the Sept. 11 attacks — hefty, decades-long military assistance to Pakistan, which it used to incite proxy militants to crush socioeconomic reform at home and commit aggression against its neighbors.

It is not the intention to copy here all the Koranic verses on the subject, but only a few will be quoted to explain the scope of the injunctions: "And fight in Allah's cause against those who wage war against you, but do not commit aggression -- for verily Allah does not love aggressors" (2 190).

Terrorists can commit aggression too.

In particular, legitimate governments don't commit aggression against other societies.

"I want Mr Abe to say, Japan committed aggression [against China]," he told a symposium in Tokyo last week.

Describing the United States' attitude toward the Council, Mr. d'Escoto said, " 'You either give me the green light to commit the aggression that I want to commit, or I shall declare you irrelevant.' " Mark Kornblau, the spokesman for the United States Mission, said, "It's hard to make sense of Mr. d'Escoto's increasingly bizarre statements".

If a country committed aggression, the League would lead its members to thwart or defeat the aggressor.

If the former, sports spectators may experience a "safety-valve" catharsis, thanks to which the propensity to commit acts of aggression is diminished; if the latter, sports spectatorship may actually increase aggressiveness.