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title: "11 Independent Sovereign Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [We're an independent sovereign country and that's very important to Monaco.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-ii-prince-of-monaco/we-re-an-independent-sovereign-country-and-that-s-very-important-to/)

[Albert II, Prince of Monaco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-ii-prince-of-monaco/)

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> [Taiwan is an independent sovereign country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chen-shui-bian/taiwan-is-an-independent-sovereign-country/)

[Chen Shui-bian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chen-shui-bian/)

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> [The British people voted to take back control of our borders, trade, money and laws. They chose a bright future as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priti-patel/the-british-people-voted-to-take-back-control-of-our-borders-trade/)

[Priti Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priti-patel/)

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> [I have always thought that Israel, as an independent and sovereign nation, had a right to defend itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-nickles/i-have-always-thought-that-israel-as-an-independent-and-sovereign/)

[Don Nickles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-nickles/)

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> [The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/the-best-way-of-learning-to-be-an-independent-sovereign-state-is-to/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

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> [Individualism regards man-every man-as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/individualism-regards-man-every-man-as-an-independent-sovereign-2/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [No people without a government of their own can expect to be treated on the same level as people of independent sovereign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-nkrumah/no-people-without-a-government-of-their-own-can-expect-to-be-treated/)

[Kwame Nkrumah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-nkrumah/)

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> [When Iraq becomes strong enough in our opinion to stand alone, we shall be in a position to state that our task…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/when-iraq-becomes-strong-enough-in-our-opinion-to-stand-alone-we/)

[Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/)

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> [While there are still imperialist aggressors, the state that has no defense power of its own to protect its sovereignty against the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-il-sung/while-there-are-still-imperialist-aggressors-the-state-that-has-no/)

[Kim Il-sung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-il-sung/)

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> [Allowing an independent and sovereign Iraq could be a nightmare for the United States. It would mean that it would be Shi'ite-dominated,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/allowing-an-independent-and-sovereign-iraq-could-be-a-nightmare-for/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [My first guiding principle is this: willing and active co-operation between independent sovereign states. Europe will be stronger precisely because it has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/my-first-guiding-principle-is-this-willing-and-active-co-operation/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

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