Quotes About Sovereignty

The sovereignty of God is absolute; yet it is never exercised in condemning men who ought to be saved, but rather, it has resulted in salvation of men who deserved to be lost.

Anything under God's control is never out of control.

God doesn't work on our timetable. He has a plan that He will execute perfectly and for the highest, greatest good of all, and for His ultimate glory.

Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.

Some were Levellers, an egalitarian movement that flowered briefly in the late 1640s. Strikingly modern in their aims, the Levellers wanted religious tolerance, manhood suffrage (the vote for all men), regular and accountable parliaments, and popular sovereignty, whereby those in power placed the public good ahead of their self-interest. Charles's example of kingship, insisting on privileges, assumptions and abuses rooted in the Middle Ages, was a lightning rod for their hatred.

Anything under God's control is never out of control.

The only free man," he would say, "is one who doesn't work for anyone else.

We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the Taiwanese people.

General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and move onto the reservation.

I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country.

Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself — and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty.

What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from."

When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, "Ours."

The sea hath no King but God alone.

The United States is the only country with a known birthday. All the rest began, they know not when, and grew into power, they know not how.... There is no "Republican," no "Democrat," on the Fourth of July, — all are Americans.

The right to vote is the crown jewel of American liberties, and we will not see its luster diminished.

Freedom for my people, independence for my country, that's all I want, all I understand.

Governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed

Liberty! -- Electric word!

If it comes to that, I can earn myself at least six feet of free soil.

Hitler couldn't have conquered Europe without the help provided by the governments of the occupied nations.

Özgürlük her ÅŸeyden üstündür (Das Attentat, p. 79).

The United nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members

When Kansas and Colorado have a quarrel over the water in the Arkansas River they don't call out the National Guard in each state and go to war over it. They bring a suit in the Supreme Court of the United States and abide by the decision. There isn't a reason in the world why we cannot do that internationally.