I used to like to eat meat, but I didn't love it so much that I would defend it to my death.

我过去喜欢吃肉，但是我没有喜欢到死。

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It turns out the French thinker Voltaire probably never uttered the words so often ascribed to him: “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.”

原来，法国思想家伏尔泰大概会用直截了当的语气，并以他自己的名言不厌其烦地赋予某个人权利，“我不同意你的观点，但我誓死捍卫你表达观点的权利。”

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Must we follow Hobbes in seeing it as the transfer to the prince of the natural right possessed by every individual to defend his life even if this meant the death of others?

我们必须遵从霍布斯的观点，认为生死之权是个体为了保卫自己的生命，甚至不惜他人的生命，而让渡给君主的吗？

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And those commanders in whom we've placed the trust to make life-and-death decisions and to defend our freedom should be given that same level of trust in determining what people they use and what jobs to perform the mission, and women have done this, and they're not using women today in Iraq as a social experiment.

NPR: Women in Combat: Rules and Reality

The coroner has said autopsy results could be used to defend lawsuits filed by death-row inmates who allege mistreatment or abuse.

CNN: Timothy McVeigh

Representative ZACH WAMP (Republican, Tennessee): You know, I will defend until my death the ability of the Congress to direct the funding or to earmark projects.

NPR: Have Earmarks Really Earned Their Bad Rep?