Sentences with phrase «as the defender of»

On the other hand, as defenders of the company point out, the factory is giving jobs to a few hundred Palestinians, and giving someone a job is hardly an act of aggression.

Lemelson also made a name for himself - not always in a positive way - as a defender of inventor's rights, where he actively sued organizations and companies he felt had infringed upon his patents.

In fact, Xi has begun to cast China as a defender of economic globalization and inclusivity, as well as a leader in combating global challenges, like climate change.14 Unlike Russia's willingness to take large risks, China's approach is generally cautious, reflecting its desire to safeguard its economic interests.

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Please, please don't parade him as a defender of the faith.

YOU: Please, please don't parade him as a defender of the faith.

They do not speak as defenders of a threatened establishment, but they have the élan of an insurgency.

I really don't understand why people who see themselves as defenders of the sacred institution of marriage make this argument, since they're basically declaring that they just see marriage as a more respectable form of prostitution.

That being said, Mattson is surely correct to identify me as a defender of the Roman Catholic position on hermeneutical authority.

They have set themselves up as the defenders of the nation's sexual purity.

We condemn in the most forceful terms your bold proclamation of yourself as defender of faith and religion of our people.

But the actual man whom friends called «Jack» had a «horrible» personal life, thought he had failed as a defender of Christianity and spent so much time in pubs that his publishers initially struggled selling him to a religious audience, scholars say.

As a result of his involvement in the arrest, trial, and execution of Servetus, John Calvin was acclaimed across all of Europe as a defender of Christianity.

Stalin's tactics allowed him to present himself as a defender of the bourgeois tradition he disdained.

He depicts himself as a defender of their interests, fighting for their freedom and their right to enter the fellowship without any requirement but faith in Christ.

Proponents of the various burqa bans, however, cast themselves as defenders of the rights of women and even public safety.

What is more, Biemel has the cheek to misrepresent Hannah Arendt as a defender of Heidegger in the process.

Bonhoeffer sees God as the defender of natural rights.

Father Neuhaus has me as a defender of the spiritual life of today's upper middle class.

He's best described as a defender of his NIV Bible.

Today, that is largely forgotten, as all three recognize his greatness: progressives, as an activist for peace and social justice; conservatives, as a defender of the Natural Law and Biblical truth; and the U.S. government, as a symbol of national unity and American principles.

Putin's cynical pose as a defender of traditional Christian values and persecuted Christians in the Middle East is part and parcel of this new, cooler Cold War attack on the cognitive security of the West — and too many Christian conservatives have swallowed that noxious bait.

For he was elected triumphantly a year ago at least partly, and maybe even mainly, because he was seen by a vast majority of the people as a defender of law and principle and established institutions and the moral order, and he is condemned now precisely because his Administration is now seen to have been unfaithful to the moral order he was elected to defend.

For some reason, the May issue's Public Square chose to pick two sentences out of my review of Jefferson Powell's book on the Supreme Court and twist those few words to portray both Powell and me as at least «confused» and perhaps as defenders of an imperial judiciary.

Protestants in America have looked to their ministers as the defenders of morality and the representatives of spirituality.

If his supporters felt disappointment over Bryan's testimony — the play makes much of the crowd's turning on him — it was not because he looked stupid as a defender of crude fundamentalism, but because he wasn't a defender of crude fundamentalism.

Elsewhere he spoke of America as defender of all that is good and just, «the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity,» thereby implying a struggle of light and darkness («And no one will keep that light from shining»).

His opponents were sure of themselves as the defenders of the traditional true faith, defending the Myth in all its purity — just as, in another sense, Luther also saw himself.

He went on to welcome the Pope as a defender of moral values and «a simple pilgrim who comes in humility and gentleness to pray where Jesus Christ the Messiah, peace be upon him, prayed and was baptised and began his mission 2,000 years ago.»

The dynamic of despotism was such that the rejection of first principles led inexorably to an assault on constitutional rights, as the defenders of slavery sought to undermine the rights of speech, press, assembly, and petition (whenever they were exercised by slavery's opponents, that is).

The Democratic incumbent is trying to paint his challenger as a defender of BP for refusing to say that suing the oil company is a good idea.

If the Left defines itself as defender of the monolithic state, it will be forever associated with unresponsive and centralising bureaucracy.

Fidel Castro, in contrast, admired the General as a national liberator, in the Bolivarian tradition (and also for standing up to the Americans), while the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat celebrated him as the defender of his people against military occupation.

Setting itself up as the defender of Brexit, denouncing Tony Blair and Philip Hammond and anybody who dares question the wisdom of self - destruction, might provide respite.

Davidson shrewdly sold herself as the defender of the Union in this campaign.

But the current field pits a state delegate against Corey Stewart — Trump's former state chair who failed in his 2017 gubernatorial run as a defender of Confederate «heritage» — and E.W. Jackson.

President Trump cast himself as a defender of Western values in a clash of civilizations during a speech in Warsaw, rebuking the news media, U.S. intelligence agencies and Barack Obama during his visit to the European capital most hospitable to his right - wing nationalist message.

It is grotesque that Adriano Espaillat, who has made a great deal of noise as a defender of the rights of undocumented immigrants to the United States, was happy to take time out of his run for Congress in order to heap praise on an egregious, racist law with untold human cost.

Mr Clarke, whose reputation as a defender of civil liberties has taken something of a battering during the row, insisted cases such as the Stephen Lawrence private prosecution and the Jean Charles de Menezes inquest would not have been covered by the new law.

It is clear that the Tories are already falling out over Brexit and immigration, and Labour must take full advantage of that by positioning ourselves as the defenders of the interests of the mass of ordinary people as opposed to those of big business.

Jacob Rees - Mogg, the Member for North East Somerset, has, in his time in the House, distinguished himself as a defender of traditional British institutions.

Two recent polls found overwhelming support for banning MPs from holding second jobs and no prime minister wants to be seen as the defender of high wages for politicians.

Fianna Fáil backbenchers clapped politely and then returned nervously to their constituencies, where they have normally positioned themselves as defenders of social welfare and worked hard to preserve a working - class base.

Yet on Monday, he was holding himself up as the defender of the pension fund against the plan, and being hailed by labor unions for doing so.

Clegg's speeches as leader in opposition placed Labour and the Tories as defenders of an Establishment two - party system.

He's done nothing for three years and all of a sudden they spring to life and start working overtime as defenders of the taxpayer right about the time Harry Wilson announces he's raised a bundle?

SERAP urged Malami to use his «good offices as a defender of public interest» to urgently institute appropriate legal actions to challenge the legality of states» laws permitting former governors, who are now senators and ministers to enjoy governors» emoluments while drawing normal salaries and allowances in their new political offices.»

Former Suffolk County Court Judge Stuart Namm, whose accusations helped create the commission, saw Spota as the defender of a rotten establishment even then.

Kathryn S. Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, a business group, said she had often had dealings with Mr. Klein and that his experience at the Education Department «established his ability to take on a difficult challenge in a straightforward, honest way, and enhanced the credibility that he established during his years in Washington as a defender of the public interest.

Lawmakers who see themselves as defenders of individual rights should embrace fees as a way to preserve choice.