Quotes About Sovereignty

for this continent would never suffer itself to be drained of inhabitants, to support the British arms in either Asia, Africa, or Europe.

Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the age and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave is the most ridiculous and insolent of all tyrannies. Man has no property in man;

for so unlimited a power can belong only to God.

Put us, say some, on the footing we were on in sixty-three: To which I answer, the

as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law OUGHT to be King; and there ought to be no other. But

God deserves all the praise, glory, and honor for our salvation. He saved us "to the praise of his glorious grace" (Eph. 1:6, 12, 14). We would never have chosen him on our own, and thus we bow down before our sovereign God with joy and holy fear.

The biblical writers do not finally and fully resolve the tension between divine sovereignty and human freedom. They affirm the authenticity of human decisions, and yet they see God's sovereign hand behind all that occurs (Prov. 16:33; 21:1).161

Some pastors believe in divine sovereignty but do not think that the doctrine should be preached, since it is controversial. This is a tragic mistake, for it provides strength to the people of God and was revealed for our good.

The Lord's sovereignty over Israel is not an abstract concept. He speaks to the will of Israel, summoning its people to follow him.

King's crowns are only crosses, but the cross of Christ is the only crown.

You know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.

Our prayers are not limited to God's sovereignty, but the ultimate expression of it

I have no time for those who say there is no way Scotland could go it alone. I know first-hand the contribution Scotland and Scots make to Britain's success - so for me there's no question about whether Scotland could be an independent nation.

Lord of myself, accountable to none, but to my conscience, and my God alone.

Although we can talk about an Indonesian democracy, or we can talk about democratic elections and democratic rituals - the trappings of democracy - we can't genuinely talk about democracy in Indonesia because there is not rule of law, and democracy without rule of law is a nonsense.

I don't want to have one currency for all North America.

My message is a simple one - the E.U. is not perfect, but Scotland's interests are best served by being a member.

There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help.

I don't need a job. I don't want an appointment. I don't want to be on a commission. I don't want to be ambassador to nowhere.

I would not like a king who could obey.

The Serbian people certainly will never be an obstacle for the Montenegrins to have their own country.

Obviously, we shouldn't be having any American officeholder or any American candidate looking for foreign nations to come in and be involved in U.S. elections.

We're not getting involved in terms of sending ground forces into Libya. Let's be clear about that. And indeed the UN Resolution forbids that. It says no foreign occupation of any part of Libya.

Our main goal as Iraqi people is to drive the occupation out in any way.