Highest Quote by Dick Thornburgh

The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.

— George Soros

The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man: abjuration of force in the settlement of disputes between states; the assurance…

— Haile Selassie

For our country to be truly sovereign, we must be able to decide who enters our territory and on what terms.

— Suella Braverman

“A state is a sovereign political entity like the United Kingdom, Kenya, Panama, or New Zealand, eligible for membership in the United Nations and…

— Colin Woodard

The States are nations.

— Daniel Webster

A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which is of…

— Abraham Lincoln

A territory cannot become a state or a nation unless Congress approves legislation and the president signs it.

— Pedro Pierluisi

In the next century, nations as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority. National sovereignty wasn't such…

— Strobe Talbott

The purpose of the United Nations should be to protect the essential sovereignty of nations, large and small.

— Nikita Khrushchev

The U.N. guards the vital principles entrenched in its charter, notably the sovereign equality of states and the inadmissibility of interference in their internal…

— Shashi Tharoor

However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are defined by,…

— Dick Thornburgh

It is not O.K. for one sovereignty to dictate to another which countries or organizations it may associate with.

— Antony Blinken