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I am running for president because, in these difficult times, against vitriolic Republican rhetoric, we must protect a woman's right to choose and we must defend Planned Parenthood. – Bernie Sanders	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I will defend the position for the construction of Nord Stream II and (a) gas hub in Bulgaria - it is advantageous for the country and nobody can reproach me for that. – Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The call for a carbon price is a shield with which to defend themselves from calls for faster change. – Tom Burke	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We want to eradicate doping from our sport but we can never put any innocent athlete through what I had to go through this summer, ms Radcliffe should never have been forced to come out and defend herself against such insinuations. – Paula Radcliffe	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Of course every country has a right to defend its territory but on the other hand we know how tense the situation is in Syria and in the surrounding area. – German Chancellor Angela Merkel	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Nobody should doubt that we made our best efforts to avoid this latest incident. But everyone should respect the right of Turkey to defend its borders. – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If Russia believes that they can respond and retaliate against Turkey because NATO's not going to do anything about it, what they are basically doing is they are making the argument that NATO is no longer viable, that it is a feckless alliance, so it's important for us to be clear that we will respond and defend Turkey if they come under assault from the Russians. – Marco Rubio	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It's very important right now for us to make sure that both the Russians and the Turks are talking to each other to find out exactly what happened and take measures to discourage any kind of escalation, turkey, like every country, has the right to defend its territory and its airspace. – Barack Obama	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Turkey, like every country, has the right to defend its territory and its airspace. – Barack Obama	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Turkey, like every country, has the right to defend its territory and its airspace, it's very important right now for us to make sure that both the Russians and the Turks are talking to each other to find out exactly what happened and take measures to discourage any kind of escalation. – Barack Obama	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I have given the best in me, with passion, as I usually do, convinced that our proposal to the Argentine people was the best option. The people, in this runoff, have chosen differently, now I, from wherever it may be, will still defend an ideal, a country project that started 12 years ago. – Daniel Scioli	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The Chinese navy has closely monitored the provocative actions of the United States and issued several warnings, while exercising enormous restraint in the interests of safeguarding the overall situation in bilateral relations, if the United States carries out repeated provocations despite China's opposition, we have the ability to defend our national sovereignty and security. – Wu Shengli	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
When you see what happened in Paris, and what is happening over here, you realize that a democracy that cannot defend itself will find it much harder to prevail. – Zev Elkin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We will defend ourselves. But we will also take the fight to you, strong defenses are necessary for our long-term security. But the capacity to attack is also a form of defense. – George Osborne	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I've been blessed to have had the opportunity to stand and defend religious liberty over and over and over again. – Ted Cruz	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I am here to defend you. – Daniel Scioli	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In the United States I don't know if this would have happened, people would have been able to defend themselves because they are allowed to carry guns. We aren't, so we are defenseless. But we won't give in to fear. It's not an option. – Laurent Farre	Found on CNN 8 years ago
If our country is threatened or being encroached, we Malaysians should rise to defend our country. – Ahmad Zahid	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Behind freedom their are heroic people ready to defend it. – Anonymous D	added by Anonymous D 8 years ago
I'm proud that they are my family and I will defend them in this National Assembly as workers. – Efrain Antonio Campo Flores	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We've not fled from justice and in this sense the request would have just a repressive function. I will defend myself on my own. – Volen Siderov	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We don't need warplanes because in the current situation, we have already set up anti-aircraft system to defend our airspace. – Tea Banh	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The state may use any available judicial and political mechanism contained in the constitution and in the laws to defend the sovereignty of the Spanish people and of the general interest of Spain, those who want to divide and split Catalonia from Spain must know that they will not succeed. – Mariano Rajoy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This party, our nation will be making a tragic mistake if we walk away or attempt to undo the Obama legacy, the American people have worked too hard and we've come too far for The American people. Democrats should not only defend this record and protect this record, The American people should run on the record. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 8 years ago

I am running for president because, in these difficult times, against vitriolic Republican rhetoric, we must protect a woman's right to choose and we must defend Planned Parenthood.

– Bernie Sanders

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I will defend the position for the construction of Nord Stream II and (a) gas hub in Bulgaria - it is advantageous for the country and nobody can reproach me for that.

– Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The call for a carbon price is a shield with which to defend themselves from calls for faster change.

– Tom Burke

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We want to eradicate doping from our sport but we can never put any innocent athlete through what I had to go through this summer, ms Radcliffe should never have been forced to come out and defend herself against such insinuations.

– Paula Radcliffe

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Of course every country has a right to defend its territory but on the other hand we know how tense the situation is in Syria and in the surrounding area.

– German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Nobody should doubt that we made our best efforts to avoid this latest incident. But everyone should respect the right of Turkey to defend its borders.

– Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If Russia believes that they can respond and retaliate against Turkey because NATO's not going to do anything about it, what they are basically doing is they are making the argument that NATO is no longer viable, that it is a feckless alliance, so it's important for us to be clear that we will respond and defend Turkey if they come under assault from the Russians.

– Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It's very important right now for us to make sure that both the Russians and the Turks are talking to each other to find out exactly what happened and take measures to discourage any kind of escalation, turkey, like every country, has the right to defend its territory and its airspace.

– Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Turkey, like every country, has the right to defend its territory and its airspace.

– Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Turkey, like every country, has the right to defend its territory and its airspace, it's very important right now for us to make sure that both the Russians and the Turks are talking to each other to find out exactly what happened and take measures to discourage any kind of escalation.

– Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I have given the best in me, with passion, as I usually do, convinced that our proposal to the Argentine people was the best option. The people, in this runoff, have chosen differently, now I, from wherever it may be, will still defend an ideal, a country project that started 12 years ago.

– Daniel Scioli

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The Chinese navy has closely monitored the provocative actions of the United States and issued several warnings, while exercising enormous restraint in the interests of safeguarding the overall situation in bilateral relations, if the United States carries out repeated provocations despite China's opposition, we have the ability to defend our national sovereignty and security.

– Wu Shengli

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When you see what happened in Paris, and what is happening over here, you realize that a democracy that cannot defend itself will find it much harder to prevail.

– Zev Elkin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We will defend ourselves. But we will also take the fight to you, strong defenses are necessary for our long-term security. But the capacity to attack is also a form of defense.

– George Osborne

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I've been blessed to have had the opportunity to stand and defend religious liberty over and over and over again.

– Ted Cruz

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I am here to defend you.

– Daniel Scioli

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In the United States I don't know if this would have happened, people would have been able to defend themselves because they are allowed to carry guns. We aren't, so we are defenseless. But we won't give in to fear. It's not an option.

– Laurent Farre

Found on CNN
8 years ago

If our country is threatened or being encroached, we Malaysians should rise to defend our country.

– Ahmad Zahid

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Behind freedom their are heroic people ready to defend it.

– Anonymous D

added by Anonymous D
8 years ago

I'm proud that they are my family and I will defend them in this National Assembly as workers.

– Efrain Antonio Campo Flores

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We've not fled from justice and in this sense the request would have just a repressive function. I will defend myself on my own.

– Volen Siderov

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We don't need warplanes because in the current situation, we have already set up anti-aircraft system to defend our airspace.

– Tea Banh

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The state may use any available judicial and political mechanism contained in the constitution and in the laws to defend the sovereignty of the Spanish people and of the general interest of Spain, those who want to divide and split Catalonia from Spain must know that they will not succeed.

– Mariano Rajoy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This party, our nation will be making a tragic mistake if we walk away or attempt to undo the Obama legacy, the American people have worked too hard and we've come too far for The American people. Democrats should not only defend this record and protect this record, The American people should run on the record.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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