Translation of "Machterhaltung" in English

Milosevic has always used nationalism as a means of maintaining himself in power.

Milosevic has always used nationalism as a means of maintaining himself in power.

It is the secret by which the capitalist class maintains its power.

They mainly misused religious sentiments for selfish interests of maintaining their power.

Or are they suddenly our friends if that helps keep Roslin-Adama in power?

Deception and lies have played a very important role in the CCP’s gaining and maintaining control.

The pastoral letter described the ruthless struggle of the regime to stay in power as a continuation of the colonial reality.

Governance gets simultaneously radicalized, depotentialized and rationalized in regard to the question how to stay in power.

No democratic party in the European Union can even consider any further cooperation with a party that shows so little respect for democracy and is only interested in staying in power.

With the Hungarian Presidency, in contrast - up to now, at any rate - we have seen a Presidency that pays more attention to its domestic affairs, in other words, to holding on to power at home, specifically in connection with a very controversial media law that we will also be discussing at a later date.

Without revenue, such a government cannot pay the army or thugs who keep it in power.

But the reality is that the two issues are connected and the magnitude of the disaster has been made worse by the junta’s single-minded objective of preserving its power.

When Ngouabi was assassinated in March 1977, Nguesso played a key role in maintaining control, briefly heading the Military Committee of the Party (CMP, "Comité Militaire du Parti") that controlled the state before the succession of Colonel Joachim Yhombi-Opango.

As Radek Sikorski, a defense minister under the previous Civic Platform government, recently pointed out: “This kind of behavior is characteristic of people who believe that the army can be used to maintain power.”

Voting with Russia against the West to keep Assad in power does not make the world’s most populous country a reliable partner.

Are elements of the political elite appealing to radical Islamist sentiment, as a way of leveraging their power?

His wife Mathilde authored writings on the "supranational powers" which existed, Jews, Jesuits and Freemasons in an international network formed for the purpose of gaining and maintaining power.

Ironclad taboos prevented public discussion of such subjects as the Cultural Revolution, the Tienanmen Massacre, Falun Gong or other topics perceived as vita the regime’s legitimacy and hold on power.

Money has become a commodity and a means to stay in power instead of serving as an economic lubricant.

But it is still likely that the opposite will occur, with resentment against minorities continuing to be used as a means for maintaining power.

A prince as ruler in a monarchy should do in doubt, without moral and legal scruples, what is necessary to conserve power (Machiavellism).

The Kádár's political culture of the (political) power preservation proved that it was not capable to change into a culture of the historic creativity.

Rather its purpose is to maintain the power of the capitalist class and to oppress the working class and all who stand in the way of capitalist rule.

A politician who has perfected the art of keeping power by refraining from political content then strips politics of its only remaining content — himself – and as a result creates an exceptional situation.