"If you want to bring about change in the world, you can't just be an advocate of somebody else doing it,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

And that's our obligation to send them to war only when we have to, and only when we know they can actually achieve their mission is a key difference between what I advocate and what the neo-cons advocate.

我们有义务,在必须的时候，送他们上战场，我们必须确保,他们一旦奔赴战场就能完成使命,这是重大的不同,我和新型保守派主张的不同之处主要在此。

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Then the duke judged that such excessive authority was not necessary, because he feared it might become hateful and he set up a sort of a civil court in the middle of the province with the most excellent president where each city had its advocate.

然后君王判断,这样过度的威信是不需要的，因为他害怕那可能会变成仇恨,他在该省区中心,设立了一个类民事法庭,并派出最优秀的大臣,让每一座城都有自己的律师。

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Noor Huda Ismail, with the International Institute for Peacebuilding in Jakarta, says Noordin was the most charismatic and effective advocate for violence for Indonesian militants.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

Mr.Netanyahu also scored 18 points higher than the woman he narrowly defeated in February elections former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, a strong advocate of Palestinian statehood.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

Sotomayor spent years as a federal judge before her Supreme Court appointment, and legal analysts expect her to be an active advocate in the court's oral and written debates.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

"Today,as an advocate for the hungry and the hunted, the forgotten and the ignored, Mary Robinson has not only shone a light on human suffering, but illuminated a better future for our world,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

The U.N.chief said his role would be as an advocate for the world's poorest people, who he fears will suffer the most if donor countries reduce their international assistance or do not fulfill their aid commitments.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

"I'm coming in contact now with a lot of young immigrants and I find a lot of hope in their desire to continue to advocate for improvements and to not hide their issues or their concerns, but to participate in the society in a democratic way, whatever their legal status."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

"Since that time we've really learned that as close as they are to human species, they're not close enough for any real scientific outcomes for drug testing.I think like that" That's Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich, she is a long-time animal welfare advocate and serves as director of public affairs, for the Physicians Committee "Over 80 different HIV-related vaccines have worked in chimpanzees but none have proven effective in human beings.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16