107 Sovereignties Quotes
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Famous Sovereignties Quotes
A state is a perfect body of free men, united together to enjoy common rights and advantages. — Hugo Grotius
The state reserves the right to be the sole interpreter of the needs of society. — Benito Mussolini
How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion. — Thomas Hobbes
The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions. — George Soros
Preserving power, rather than increasing it, is the main goal of states. —
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. — Joseph Story
Peaceful secession and nullification are the only means of returning to a system of government that respects rather than destroys individual liberty. — Thomas DiLorenzo
True republicanism is the sovereignty of the people. There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate. — Marquis de Lafayette
The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed. — Thomas Jefferson
No state more extensive than the minimal state can be justified. — Robert Nozick
States in the world are like individuals in the state of nature. They are neither perfectly good nor are they controlled by law. — Kenneth Waltz
Respect for sovereignty means to not allow unconstitutional action and coup d'états, the removal of legitimate power. — Vladimir Putin
The worth of the state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it. — John Stuart Mill
The state is or can be master of money, but in a free society it is master of very little else. — William Beveridge
No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy. — Abraham Lincoln
Short Sovereignties Quotes
- When you go through a trial, the sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which you lay your head. — Charles Spurgeon
- In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? — Saint Augustine
- The storms in my life have become workshops where I can practice my faith in God's sovereignty. — Jill Briscoe
- What we do every time we pray is to confess our impotence and God's sovereignty. — J. I. Packer
- There is no question of any erosion of essential national sovereignty. — Edward Heath
- Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed — Walter E. Williams
- Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner. — Ludwig von Mises
- Each state enjoys sovereign power. — Gouverneur Morris
- In the age of globalization pooled sovereignty means more power, not less. — Jose Manuel Barroso
- We believe that human rights transcend boundaries and must prevail over state sovereignty. — Jose Ramos-Horta
Sovereignty Quotes
Revolution is an inalienable right of mankind. Freedom is an imperishable birth right of all. Labor is the real sustainer of society, the sovereignty of the ultimate destiny of the workers. — Bhagat Singh
A god who is all love, all grace, all mercy, no sovereignty, no justice, no holiness, and no wrath is an idol. — R. C. Sproul
The fusion (of economic functions) would compel nations to fuse their sovereignty into that of a single European State. — Jean Monnet
The essence of neo-colonialism is that the State which is subject to it is, in theory, independent and has all the outward trappings of international sovereignty. In reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside. — Kwame Nkrumah
There is no real peace in Europe, if the states are reconstituted on a basis of national sovereignty. (…) They must have larger markets. Their prosperity is impossible, unless the States of Europe form themselves in a European Federation. — Jean Monnet
Democracy and liberty are not the same. Democracy is little more than mob rule, while liberty refers to the sovereignty of the individual. — Walter E. Williams
I have taken a wife, I have sold my sovereignty for a dowry. [Lat., Uxorem accepi, dote imperium vendidi.] — Plautus
No one should underestimate the resolve, the will, and the ability of the Chinese people to defend their national sovereignty and territorial integrity. — Xi Jinping
Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile. — William Lyon Mackenzie King
If there is one single molecule in this universe running around loose, totally free of God’s sovereignty, then we have no guarantee that a single promise of God will ever be fulfilled. — R. C. Sproul
National Sovereignty Quotes
Since we cannot defeat Israel in war, we do this in stages. We take any and every territory that we can of Palestine, and establish a sovereignty there, and we use it as a springboard to take more. When the time comes, we can get the Arab nations to join us for the final blow against Israel. — Yasser Arafat
Europe is my home, Europe is my continent. Europe is where we live. The European Union is a political bureaucratic organization that took away our identity and our national sovereignty. So, I would get rid of the European Union and be a nation-state again. — Geert Wilders
I think everybody in Ukraine is so tired about Burisma. We have our own country. We have our independence, we have our problems and questions. — Volodymyr Zelenskyy
This regionalization is in keeping with the Tri-Lateral Plan which calls for a gradual convergence of East and West, ultimately leading toward the goal of one world government. National sovereignty is no longer a viable concept. — Zbigniew Brzezinski
There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate. —MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE — Michelle Moran
If you want freedom, take pride in your country. If you want democracy, hold on to your sovereignty. And if you want peace, love your nation. The future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots. The future belongs to sovereign and independent nations. — Donald Trump
The development of the Internet has posed new challenges to national sovereignty, security and development interests. — Xi Jinping
The Council on Foreign Relations is the American branch of a society which originated in England ... [and] ... believes national boundaries should be obliterated and one-world rule established. — Carroll Quigley
In this relation, then, the proposed government cannot be deemed a national one; since its jurisdiction extends to certain enumerated objects only, and leaves to the several states, a residuary and inviolable sovereignty over all other objects. — James Madison
A small nation, faced with the denial of its sovereignty — indeed, of its very existence — reminded us that the price of freedom is high but never so costly as the loss of freedom. — Ronald Reagan
Sovereignty Means Quotes
Decentralization is only a means towards the key to blockchain value, trust minimization, which brings a host of benefits: immutability, censorship resistance, global seamlessness, monetary and financial sovereignty. Other kinds of decentralization are security theater. — Nick Szabo
By Revolution, we mean the ultimate establishment of an order of society which may not be threatened by such breakdown, and in which the sovereignty of the proletariat should be recognized and a world federation should redeem humanity from the bondage of capitalism and misery of imperial wars. — Bhagat Singh
Alzheimer's disease is never an 'accident' in a marriage. It falls under the purview of God's sovereignty. In the case of someone with Alzheimer's, this means God's unconditional and sacrificial love has an opportunity to be even more gloriously displayed in a life together. — Joni Eareckson Tada
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 no hope. — John F. Kennedy
Respecting the sovereignty means preventing coups, unconstitutional actions and illegitimate overthrowing of the legitimate government. All these things should be totally prevented. — Vladimir Putin
Nuclear weapons and other weapons are the means to protect our sovereignty and legitimate interests, not the means to behave aggressively or to fulfil some non-existent imperial ambitions. — Vladimir Putin
Popular sovereignty has to be given by a people to itself, and this is the important meaning of self-determination. — Judith Butler
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
When globalisation means that many of the services that individual governments used to have direct power over are privatised, in education and health, even prison services, nonetheless national sovereignty still needs to be exercised. — Mary Robinson
Free trade or the free market means the sovereignty of the consumer. — Faustino Ballve
Popular Sovereignty Quotes
Austerity is not part of the European treaties; democracy and the principle of popular sovereignty are. — Alexis Tsipras
Where is democratic process or popular sovereignty for the endangered population? It cannot be "given" or "allocated" by some other power without that same power claiming the right to withdraw what it gives. — Judith Butler
It was the French Revolution that served as the catalyst of this renovation. Its impact was to make the concept of popular sovereignty the new moral justification for the political system of historical capitalism. — Immanuel Wallerstein
Quite simply, there can be no popular sovereignty without a real belief in the value of government. If government does not assume and carry out public responsibilities, less accountable institutions such as the corporation will do the job in their own self-interest. — Charles Derber
Has it popular sovereignty not got down as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by boiling the shadow of a pigeon that had starved to death? — Abraham Lincoln
Was all of Stephen A. Douglas's promotion of 'popular sovereignty' a plausible device for getting him elected president? With his death in June, 1861, any possible answer to that question went to Douglas's grave with him. — Allen C. Guelzo
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 another man, neither that other man nor anybody else has a right to object. — Abraham Lincoln
People Writing About Sovereignties
| Name | Quotes | Likes |
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 Hugo Grotius |
10 | 266 |
 Benito Mussolini |
125 | 3997 |
 Thomas Hobbes |
243 | 2437 |
 George Soros |
194 | 2013 |
 Joseph Story |
48 | 497 |
 Marquis de Lafayette |
15 | 945 |
More Sovereignties Quotes
There comes a moment when you must quit talking to God about the mountain in your life and start talking to the mountain about your God. You proclaim His power. You declare His sovereignty. You affirm His faithfulness. You stand on His Word. You cling to His promises. — Mark Batterson
Russia and Norway have a dispute over the Svalbard Islands, the northernmost point on earth with a settled population. Most countries recognize the islands as being under Norwegian sovereignty, but the biggest island has a growing population of Russian migrants who have assembled around the coal-mining industry there. The mines are not profitable, but the Russian community serves as a useful tool in furthering Moscow’s claims on the islands. Norway knows what is coming and has made the Arctic its foreign policy priority. Its air force regularly intercepts Russian fighter jets approaching its borders; the heightened tensions have caused it to move the center of military operations from the south to the north, and it is building an Arctic battalion. Canada and Denmark are expanding their Arctic military capabilities as well. — Tim Marshall
If there is no Ukrainian strong army, there will be no Ukraine, and that will be the case when everyone will understand... it's not the war in Ukraine, it's the war in Europe. We are defending our country, our land. We are not attacking anyone, because that is immoral. — Volodymyr Zelenskyy
The principle of Parliamentary sovereignty means neither more nor less than this, namely, that Parliament thus defined has, under the English constitution, the right to make or unmake any law whatever; and, further, that no person or body is recognised by the law of England as having a right to override or set aside the legislation of Parliament. — A. V. Dicey
The key to Christian living is a thirst and hunger for God. And one of the main reasons people do not understand or experience the sovereignty of grace and the way it works through the awakening of sovereign joy is that their hunger and thirst for God is so small. — John Piper
The State is a tax farm, and you are the crop. This farming operation harvests the fruits of taxpayer labor through both taxation and inflation. With the rise of Bitcoin, inflation is in decline as a revenue source for The State, and taxation is more difficult to impose. As state revenues continually decline, we will move into a world characterized less by nation-states and more by sovereign individuals. — Robert Breedlove
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 non-mystical methods; above all-which perhaps most explains the expert's sovereignty-of external verities; of traffic-cop morality and rabbit-test truth. — Louis Kronenberger
In the face of serious provocations from separatist activities by Taiwan independence forces and interference in Taiwan affairs by external forces, we have resolutely waged a major struggle against separatism and interference, demonstrating our strong determination and ability to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity and oppose Taiwan independence. — Xi Jinping
The sovereignty of God is the one impregnable rock to which the suffering human heart must cling. The circumstances surrounding our lives are no accident: they may be the work of evil, but that evil is held firmly within the mighty hand of our sovereign God. — Margaret Clarkson
God is the ultimate musician. His music transforms your life. The notes of redemption rearrange your heart and restore your life. His songs of forgiveness, grace, reconciliation, truth, hope, sovereignty, and love give you back your humanity and restore your identity. — Paul David Tripp
I would never want Ukraine to be a piece on the map, on the chessboard of big global players, so that someone could toss us around, use us as cover, as part of some bargain. — Volodymyr Zelenskyy
We will never allow anyone, any organization, or any political party, at any time or in any form, to separate any part of Chinese territory from China. — Xi Jinping
It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty. — James Monroe
Some Christians live in such fear, they act as if they believe in the sovereignty of Satan rather than the sovereignty of God. — Steven J Lawson
While there are still imperialist aggressors, the state that has no defense power of its own to protect its sovereignty against the internal and external enemies is, in fact, not a fully independent and sovereign state. — Kim Il-sung
United States Government needs to acknowledge and respect our sovereignty, treaties, traditional Native American values, and our human rights as a people, which under the law as written we deserve, and which should be protected. — Leonard Peltier
Sovereignty and the right to rule cannot be conferred on anyone no matter who ... as a result of an academic discussion. Sovereignty is acquired by force and power and violence. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
To damage the sovereignty of the individual is to replace a community inspired by love, benevolence, and beauty by another based solely on power. — Anwar Sadat
Our first object is... the obtaining of sovereignty, assured by international law, over a portion of the globe sufficiently large to satisfy our just requirements. — Theodor Herzl
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