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Sovereignty Quotes by Dick Thornburgh
- If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs, as…
- As the highest ranking American official in the United Nations organization, I came to understand thoroughly that the national constitutional processes of the member states…
- However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are defined by, and…
- Specifically, the reservation of sovereignty to the people of the states in matters not governed by federal law is constitutionally defined and permanently enshrined in…
- It is quite understandable that Puerto Ricans seek to preserve a cultural sense of identity without separating politically from U.S. national sovereignty.
More Sovereignty Quotes
- 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… — 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… — John Abizaid
- To bring about government by oligarchy, masquerading as democracy, it is fundamentally essential that practically all authority and control be centralized in… — 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… — Jerry Bridges
- Now what is Judge Douglas Popular Sovereignty? It is, as a principle, no other than that, if one man chooses to make… — Abraham Lincoln
- Whom hatred frights, let him not dream of sovereignty. — Ben Jonson