--- title: "23 Sovereign State Quotes by 21 authors" description: "Browse 23 Sovereign State quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Sovereign State sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbc/henry-david-thoreau-20_power_i-am-too-high-born-to-be-propertied-to-b_1502152.jpg" --- > [“I am too high born to be propertied, To be a second at control, Or useful serving-man and instrument To any sovereign…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-am-too-high-born-to-be-propertied-to-be-a-second-at-control-or/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbc/henry-david-thoreau-20_power_i-am-too-high-born-to-be-propertied-to-b_1502152.jpg) > [Either we are a sovereign state, or we are not! As long as we are not, we have no business in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/either-we-are-a-sovereign-state-or-we-are-not-as-long-as-we-are-not/) [Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acd/adolf-hitler-253_business_either-we-are-a-sovereign-state-or-we-ar_859737.jpg) > [Israel is a sovereign state. If you decide on your capital city, we will act in accordance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jair-bolsonaro/israel-is-a-sovereign-state-if-you-decide-on-your-capital-city-we/) [Jair Bolsonaro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jair-bolsonaro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79c/jair-bolsonaro-8307_city_israel-is-a-sovereign-state-if-you-decid_2469216.jpg) > [The fact is that, under a capitalistic system, the ultimate bosses are the consumers. The sovereign is not the state, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/the-fact-is-that-under-a-capitalistic-system-the-ultimate-bosses-are/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/ludwig-von-mises-364_boss_the-fact-is-that-under-a-capitalistic-sy_2435346.png) > [There is no king or sovereign state That can fix a hero's rate; Each to all is venerable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-no-king-or-sovereign-state-that-can-fix-a-hero-s-rate-each/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fc/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_hero_there-is-no-king-or-sovereign-state-that_2486316.png) > [Armies under the control of ... a sovereign State cannot bring freedom to anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/armies-under-the-control-of-a-sovereign-state-cannot-bring-freedom-to/) [Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/simone-weil-544_army_armies-under-the-control-of-a-sovereign_1066229.jpg) > [Preparation for defense is an inalienable prerogative of a sovereign state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-d-roosevelt/preparation-for-defense-is-an-inalienable-prerogative-of-a-sovereign/) [Franklin D. Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-d-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/franklin-d-roosevelt-488_defense_preparation-for-defense-is-an-inalienabl_2245239.jpg) > [Poland is a sovereign state. We want the same rights as all other EU countries. Nothing more, but nothing less, either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaroslaw-kaczynski/poland-is-a-sovereign-state-we-want-the-same-rights-as-all-other-eu/) [Jaroslaw Kaczynski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaroslaw-kaczynski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11f/jaroslaw-kaczynski-24277_country_poland-is-a-sovereign-state-we-want-the_1799108.jpg) > [The sovereign state has in our times become a lethal danger to human civilization because technical developments enable it to employ an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-lous-lange/the-sovereign-state-has-in-our-times-become-a-lethal-danger-to-human/) [Christian Lous Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-lous-lange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/christian-lous-lange-16639_civilization_the-sovereign-state-has-in-our-times-bec_487566.jpg) > [It is against this concept of the sovereign state, a state isolated by protectionism and militarism, that internationalism must now engage in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-lous-lange/it-is-against-this-concept-of-the-sovereign-state-a-state-isolated-by/) [Christian Lous Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-lous-lange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c85/christian-lous-lange-16639_battle_it-is-against-this-concept-of-the-sovere_452325.jpg) > [The world political system is till based on the concept of the national sovereign state. For the first time therefore, in three…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/the-world-political-system-is-till-based-on-the-concept-of-the/) [Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/peter-drucker-393_becoming_the-world-political-system-is-till-based_716478.png) > [As a sovereign state, we should have operational command of our forces returned to us at an appropriate time. Korea and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moon-jae-in/as-a-sovereign-state-we-should-have-operational-command-of-our-forces/) [Moon Jae-in](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moon-jae-in/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/moon-jae-in-10239_time_as-a-sovereign-state-we-should-have-oper_1090304.jpg) > [India, being a sovereign state, has the right to decide what kind of nuclear deterrent New Delhi needs in respect of international…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajnath-singh/india-being-a-sovereign-state-has-the-right-to-decide-what-kind-of/) [Rajnath Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajnath-singh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2e/rajnath-singh-5541_cybersecurity_india-being-a-sovereign-state-has-the-ri_2555682.jpg) > [No state is free from militarism, which is inherent in the very concept of the sovereign state. There are merely differences of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-lous-lange/no-state-is-free-from-militarism-which-is-inherent-in-the-very/) [Christian Lous Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-lous-lange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af6/christian-lous-lange-16639_degrees_no-state-is-free-from-militarism-which-i_2079490.jpg) > [Turkey is a sovereign state, just like the U.S. We might go to different directions, in terms of our impressions and ideas,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/recep-tayyip-erdogan/turkey-is-a-sovereign-state-just-like-the-u-s-we-might-go-to/) [Recep Tayyip Erdogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/recep-tayyip-erdogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b20/recep-tayyip-erdogan-2682_always_turkey-is-a-sovereign-state-just-like-th_3156738.jpg) > [I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lech-walesa/i-belong-to-a-nation-which-over-the-past-centuries-has-experienced/) [Lech Walesa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lech-walesa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be2/lech-walesa-4311_brutal_i-belong-to-a-nation-which-over-the-past_2220252.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b27/winston-churchill-95_enough_when-iraq-becomes-strong-enough-in-our-o_1951804.jpg) > [“It began in 1784, when people in the western territories of North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) became disgusted with Tidewater control. Their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-woodard/it-began-in-1784-when-people-in-the-western-territories-of-north/) [Colin Woodard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-woodard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1b/colin-woodard-26326_north-carolina_it-began-in-1784-when-people-in-the-west_887948.jpg) > [Historically, international law lent a measure of legality to the colonial system, and allowed the West to set the rules for participation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-a-falk/historically-international-law-lent-a-measure-of-legality-to-the/) [Richard A. Falk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-a-falk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/richard-a-falk-8295_benefits_historically-international-law-lent-a-me_111919.jpg) > [“For realists, the state is the main actor and sovereignty is its distinguishing trait. The meaning of the sovereign state is inextricably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-baylis/for-realists-the-state-is-the-main-actor-and-sovereignty-is-its/) [John Baylis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-baylis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/john-baylis-248953_civil-society_for-realists-the-state-is-the-main-actor_3136192.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a40/kwame-nkrumah-15093_best-way_the-best-way-of-learning-to-be-an-indepe_3012397.jpg) > [“In truth, a State whose society is not sovereign is no sovereign State at all. Such is the case when a society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-paul-ii/in-truth-a-state-whose-society-is-not-sovereign-is-no-sovereign-state/) [Pope John Paul II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-paul-ii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b59/pope-john-paul-ii-485_common-good_in-truth-a-state-whose-society-is-not-so_1392199.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5b/kim-il-sung-28806_aggressors_while-there-are-still-imperialist-aggres_1230514.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sovereign-state/#itemlist", "name": "Sovereign State Quotes", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I am too high born to be propertied, To be a second at control, Or useful serving-man and instrument To any sovereign state throughout the world.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry David Thoreau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-am-too-high-born-to-be-propertied-to-be-a-second-at-control-or/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbc/henry-david-thoreau-20_power_i-am-too-high-born-to-be-propertied-to-b_1502152.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbc/henry-david-thoreau-20_power_i-am-too-high-born-to-be-propertied-to-b_1502152.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbc/henry-david-thoreau-20_power_i-am-too-high-born-to-be-propertied-to-b_1502152.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am too high born to be propertied, To be a second at control, Or useful serving-man and instrument To any…” — Henry David Thoreau", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Either we are a sovereign state, or we are not! 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