self-preservation

The holiday of Purim is a testament to the will of Jewish self-preservation — intricately entangled with the liberation of all peoples.

They may occasionally forget the England team exists for everyone, not just the individuals in the dressing room, but there is an understandable element of self-preservation at play.

"Even if it's more of self-preservation than human rights for sponsors, this is a turning point for the MeToo movement in Japan. It's up to us how big we make it," she told the BBC.

In the underground chambers where the ultra-rich think they can escape their sins, there’s one truth that echoes more clearly than their misguided attempt at self-preservation: It isn’t true gods that hide underground — it’s worms.

Anyone who hopes to preserve the sanctity of the civil-military ideal would do well to circle the wagons of law and constitutionalism and man the ramparts of institutional self-preservation.