1.   A handgun is not a tool for defending democracy.

2.   A spotlight on campaign abuses will help only if outsiders are serious about defending democracy.

3.   He suffered crippling injuries defending democracy in World War II.

4.   The prize for hypocrisy, however, must go to Nigeria, which is ostensibly defending democracy in Sierra Leone and Liberia while still crushing it at home.

5.   The purpose of our military is to defend a democracy, not be a democracy.

6.   Their political correctness has no place in the military, whose purpose is to defend a democracy, not be a democracy.

7.   To prevent a relatively free society from being crushed, Washington has to take the lead in defending democracy in Hong Kong.

8.   Administration officials say the United States needs to defend democracy in a pivotal part of South America.

9.   At the State Department, spokesman Richard Boucher said Congress has shown a willingness to respond more fully to Colombian requests for defending democracy.

10.   Meanwhile, Nigerians watched in confusion as their leader helped defend democracy away from home.