Age Quote by Jose Manuel Barroso

In the age of globalisation, pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.

— Jose Manuel Barroso

Globalisation thus implies that sovereignty...needs to become weaker.

— Richard N. Haass

Globalization has rendered the world increasingly interdependent, but international politics is still based on the sovereignty of states.

— George Soros

The more power government has to provide things, the more power it has to dictate terms.

— Sheldon Richman

…the globalization that characterizes today's economics goes beyond or eludes the sovereignty of individual states, and thus the power of their rulers. It is…

— Patricio Aylwin

Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.

— Omar Bongo

When globalisation means that many of the services that individual governments used to have direct power over are privatised, in education and health, even…

— Mary Robinson

Sovereignty must be redefined if states are to cope with globalisation.

— Richard N. Haass

Nations are less disposed to make revolutions in proportion as personal property is augmented and distributed among them, and as the number of those…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The governments are seen to be less effective than they used to be. The private sector is perceived as being so much more efficient,…

— Mary Robinson

People are seeking more power in the individual and less in government and institutions; they want more cooperation and less competition.

— Marilyn Ferguson

“It might therefore be better for the decentralization to be designed by a centralized authority, with the interest of the less advantaged or less…

— Abhijit V. Banerjee