Catherine's son Paul had also started gaining support; both of these trends threatened her power.

They feel it threatens their class system and their power.

Martial law threatens their power, and you know they'll stand for anything but that.

We're all people who could have fought or helped him, and so we threatened his power.

Muslim religious leaders also don't want to do anything that might threaten their own power.

He was still worried that his brother would threaten his power and tried to have him captured.

But the regime, we know now, fears that even one free voice would threaten its power.

All of you who dared to threaten our power.

The new government immediately set out to eliminate those elements of the population that threatened its power.

It was this very loyalty that threatened the regent's power.