Quotes About Sovereignty

Nothing is good for a nation but that which arises from its own core and its own general wants, without apish imitation of another.

God just has his own agenda, and he does what he wants to do with stuff.

Cuba will find its own way, regardless of what the U.S. wants. This has always been the case, not just since 1959.

What we shouldn't do is let people who want to come here make the decision themselves. America should be in control of its own borders.

I'm willing to submit to the sovereignty of the consumer, but I just want to know what they say.

If God didn't want you to have it, He would never have let you see it.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.

America's got to take a break from foreign wars, and take a break from immigration.

You may have won the war, but you will never take my crown

America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.

One can...never create [freedom] by an invading force.

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

Then what explains war among states? Rousseau's answer is really that war occurs because there is nothing to prevent it.

Iraqis will never forget that on 8 August 1990 Kuwait became part of Iraq legally, constitutionally and actually. It continued to do so until last night, when withdrawal began.

The Executive should be able to repel and not to commence war.

Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.

Republic. I like the sound of the word. It means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose. Some words give you a feeling.

Sovereignty must not be used for inflicting harm on anyone, whether citizen or foreigner.

Nationalism is war. - in arguing to strengthen the federal powers of the European Union

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

The Mediterranean will be turned into an Italian lake.

It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its own.

A small-state world would not only solve the problems of social brutality and war; it would solve the problems of oppression and tyranny. It would solve all problems arising from power.