When danger suddenly approached, he needed only to protect himself from a few of his subjects, but if he had had the common people hostile, this would not have been sufficient.

当危险突然降临时，他仅仅只需要保护自己免于一些臣民的背叛，但是如果他被人民所敌视，那他所做的将不足以保住自己的性命。

youdao

In Warcraft, the orcs are not just mindless villains. There are characters like Durotan, who sacrifices himself while fighting with evil warlock Gul 'dan to protect his clan.

在《魔兽》中，兽人并不只是头脑简单的坏蛋，也有一些角色比如杜隆坦，为了保护自己的部落，不惜牺牲自己与邪恶的巫师古尔丹决斗。

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Because as common law appreciated, not only does an armed individual have the ability to protect himself or herself but criminals are less likely to attack them.

BBC: Man with shotgun

And finally, he is accused of lying about a variety of actions aimed at concealing his improper and embarrassing relationship with Ms. Lewinsky, when each one of those actions was motivated by nothing more than a desire to protect himself and his family from embarrassment, if not destruction.

CNN

Authorities have said Zimmerman was not immediately charged because there were no grounds, at the outset, to disprove his account that he had acted to protect himself.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS