raise a hand against
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Cried Reagan: "It is time to start a crash military buildup, to make us so strong that no one will ever again raise a hand against the U.S."
From Time Magazine Archive
Genoa hath proved but a stern mother to me; and though naught could induce me to raise a hand against her, she hath no longer any claims on my service.
From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore
Was it not foolhardy to raise a hand against such a mammoth system of iniquity?
From The Nine-Tenths by Oppenheim, James
Will you dare to raise a hand against a Caylus?
From The House of the Wolf; a romance by Weyman, Stanley John
Who should dare to raise a hand against him?
From With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure by Hodgson, Edward S.
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