eternal vigilance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofeternalandvigilance
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eternal
adjective
uk/ɪˈtɜː.nəl/us/ɪˈtɝː.nəl/
lasting forever or for a very ...
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vigilance
noun[U]
uk/ˈvɪdʒ.əl.əns/us/ˈvɪdʒ.əl.əns/
more careful attention, especially in order to notice ...
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(Definition ofeternalandvigilancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Eternalvigilanceand constant visibility are required to maintain forward momentum.
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Eternalvigilanceis the answer to them.
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Autonomy can mean something actually existing or something to be attained, perhaps byeternalvigilanceagainst the pressures of society.
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The price of safety iseternalvigilance, in the mines more than anywhere else.
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It has been said that the price of liberty iseternalvigilance.
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None the less there is still need foreternalvigilance.
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We often say that the price of liberty iseternalvigilance.
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We need perpetual andeternalvigilanceover safety at sea.
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The price of that freedom iseternalvigilance.
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As has been said before, the price of freedom iseternalvigilance.
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That attitude is precisely the opposite ofeternalvigilance.
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My final word is this: the price of liberty iseternalvigilance.
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The price of success and responsibility in social security in any advanced country iseternalvigilance.
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With the satellite agencieseternalvigilanceis certainly the key as far as we are concerned.
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I believe thateternalvigilanceis the price here.
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Eternalvigilanceis not the only requirement in the maintenance of liberty.
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It is said that the price of liberty iseternalvigilance.
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As the cliché has it, the price of liberty iseternalvigilance.
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It is a very old saying but the price of liberty is, of course,eternalvigilance.
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It seems to me that the price of efficiency iseternalvigilance.
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