To protect sovereignty, or to protect lives?

保护主权，还是拯救生命？

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Two lines are engraved on the base of the statue, “while awake, they are walls that protect lives; while asleep, they are mountains that stun souls”.

雕像底座上刻着一首诗：“醒着时，他们是一堵墙，守卫生命；睡着时，他们是一坐山，震撼心灵。”

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Mousavi urged his supporters to stay away from the square "to protect lives" and avoid being attacked by supporters and militias supporting Ahmadinejad.

穆萨维力劝他的支持者远离广场以“保护生命”，避免遭受支持内贾德的群众和民兵的攻击。

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Thousands were moving there. A government was needed to protect the lives and property of the new population.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

We not only have a right to our lives but to do whatever we regard as needful to protect our lives.

这种权利不仅适用于我们的生活,还适用于我们所认为的一切可以,维护生活所需的行为。

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President McKinley said it was his responsibility to protect the lives and property of Americans living there.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

Regional flood and coastal risk manager Peter Quarmby said early warnings gave people vital time to prepare and helped them to protect lives and property.

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She reminded Australians to "take the appropriate precautions to stay safe and monitor information from local emergency services as they work to protect lives and property", the AFP news agency reports.

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Beyond deploying liaisons to the Arizona Emergency Operations Center to help provide support to the state, FEMA has approved both of the requested Fire Management Assistance Grants to help respond, and the U.S. Forest Service has deployed more than 2, 500 interagency firefighters to protect lives and property.

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