Whether for reasons of commerce, world politics or common defense, Japan is important to us.

But if Spain looks only to its domestic politics and not to the needs of common defense, there can be no solution.

And what can the proposed new members add to the common defense?

Because the most common defense of prey animals is to freeze.

The primary role of government is to provide for the common defense of the American people.

The main object of those meetings was to provide for a common defense.

Government's most important function is to provide for the common defense.

Each member of this militia provided his own arms and mount for the common defense.

The federal government has no higher duty than to "provide for the common defense."

I thought that providing for the common defense was the primary purpose of our government.