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Quotes About Sovereignty

without having to turn to their central bank.
~ Ben S. Bernanke
Fascism is not an article for export.
~ Benito Mussolini
All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing agaisnt the state
~ Benito Mussolini
Gabriel, te gusta que te manden los franceses y que con su lengua que no entiendes, te digan "haz esto, haz lo otro, y que entren en tu casa y que te hagan ser soldado de Napoleón, y que España no sea España, vamos al decir, que nosotros no seamos como nos da la gana de ser sino como el Emperador quiera que seamos?
~ Benito Perez Galdos
Your party man, however excellent his intentions may be, is always opposed to any limitation of sovereignty. He regards himself as the next in succession, and handles gently the property that is to come to him, even while his opponents are its tenants.
~ Benjamin Constant
Sovereignty has only a limited and relative existence. At the point where independence and individual existence begin, the jurisdiction of sovereignty ends.
~ Benjamin Constant
Where liberty dwells, there is my country.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.
~ Benjamin Franklin
A Republic Madam...if you can keep it.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Where liberty is, there is my country.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Article II Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Article III The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever.
~ Benjamin Franklin
I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, it is probable that an empire cannot rise without His aid.
~ Benjamin Franklin
We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.
~ Benjamin Harrison
The purpose of the Jewish state is to secure the Jewish future. That is why Israel must always have the ability to defend itself, against any threat.
~ Benjamin Netanyahu
If the individual has the right to govern himself, all external government is tyranny.
~ Benjamin Ricketson Tucker
Britain is the only colony in the British Empire and it is up to us now to liberate ourselves.
~ benn tony ii
Conservatives have always wanted border security before we had immigration reform.
~ Rand Paul
What we did say is that it is up to the Syrians themselves to decide how to run the country, how to introduce the reforms, what kind reforms, without any outside interference.
~ Sergei Lavrov
If anyone in the E.U. thinks Italy should keep being a landing point and refugee camp, they have misunderstood.
~ Matteo Salvini
No one shrieked, 'We want Bung Hatta.' I did not need him. Just as also I did not need Sjahrir, who refused to show himself at the time of the reading of the Proclamation. Indeed, I could do it myself, and indeed, I did it alone.
~ Sukarno
If we leave the E.U., we will regain control of our own money.
~ John Redwood
I don't want to be the policeman of Lebanon. It's not the business of Israel. Israel was not created to serve as a policeman of the region.
~ Yitzhak Rabin
India is a regional power. It does not need anything to establish it.
~ Gary Ackerman