Sovereignty Quotes

291 quotes by 230 authors

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? — Saint Augustine
A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. — Walter Bagehot
Accepting federal funding undermines state sovereignty as states become beholden to federal requirements in order to keep the money flowing. — Bob Barr
Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion. — Thomas Browne
We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more change this British sensibility than… — David Cameron
The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India. — B R Ambedkar
Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces until we know that the Iraqi security forces are capable… — John Abizaid
To bring about government by oligarchy, masquerading as democracy, it is fundamentally essential that practically all authority and control be centralized in our Federal government.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Liberty is the sovereignty of the individual. — Josiah Warren
Prayer assumes the sovereignty of God. If God is not sovereign, we have no assurance that He is able to answer our prayers. Our prayers… — Jerry Bridges
Now what is Judge Douglas Popular Sovereignty? It is, as a principle, no other than that, if one man chooses to make a slave of… — Abraham Lincoln
Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty. — Ben Jonson
Political sovereignty is but a mockery without the means of meeting poverty and illiteracy and disease. Self-determination is but a slogan if the future holds… — John F. Kennedy
There is no attribute of God more comforting to His children than the doctrine of Divine Sovereignty. Under the most adverse circumstances, in the most… — Charles Spurgeon
Nominally a great age of scientific inquiry, ours has become an age of superstition about the infallibility of science; of almost mystical faith in its… — Louis Kronenberger
To look for a continuation in harmony between a number of independent unconnected sovereignties, situated in the same neighborhood, would be to disregard the uniform… — Alexander Hamilton
I think there really is no shortcut to sovereignty. — Paul Bremer
The concept of national sovereignty has been an immutable, indeed sacred, principle of international relations. It is a principle which will yield only slowly and… — Maurice Strong
Tribal sovereignty means that. It's sovereign. You're a... you're a... you've been given sovereignty and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. — George W. Bush
In the model that we grew up with, governments rule physical territory in which national economies function, and strong economies support hegemonic military power. In… — Amory Lovins

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