Sentences with phrase «strong bulwark»

In some sections of Latin America the Church became the strongest bulwark of the old social and economic regime, a guardian of a disappearing society.

By the machinations of this anarchic and arbitrary spirit, for a time wholly in command of the executive power, the strongest bulwark of any government, and particularly of those constituted like ours, may effectually be broken down and destroyed — I mean the attachment of the people.

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And James running a strong AG campaign, especially if she is allied with Cuomo, could bring votes for the governor in minority neighborhoods in New York City that have been electoral bulwarks for Cuomo in the past, but which Nixon is courting.

That will make for a stronger parliament, as a bulwark against an increasingly over-mighty Executive.

«The Private Mortgage Insurance Eligibility Requirements, recently put forth by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency, are... a thoughtful effort, these standards should succeed in ensuring that private mortgage insurers are strong counterparties to the government - sponsored enterprises and a much improved bulwark against excessive risk in the system.»