Quotes About Sovereignty

God's will is one with his being, his wisdom, goodness, and all his other perfections. For that reason the human heart and head can rest in that will, for it is the will of an almighty God and a gracious father, not that of a blind fate, incalculable chance, or dark force of nature. His sovereignty is one of unlimited power, but also of wisdom and grace. He is both king and father at one and the same time.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

The king's might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.

Well, I think, by definition, all power has limits.

The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man.

I follow only one party: the Vietnamese party

Mr. Schoenbrun, we have a secret weapon ... don't smile when I tell you this. Our secret weapon is nationalism. To have nationhood, which is a sign of maturity, is greater than any weapons in the world.

Freedom for my people, independence for my country, this is all I want, all what I understand.

Whoever controls the king, controls the kingdom

What is a king without a crown? That's a riddle, but one to which we all know the answer: no king at all.

A king is not his throne nor his crown.

He had known only two rulers, both great and neither good. He did not know how to be any kind of King nor how to win, other than to be even more ruthless than they.

El verdadero poder no se concede, y tampoco se puede arrebatar

Cuál va a ser? Reina.

I don't want to be a creature, shaped by their hands and quickened with their blood. Something made like a doll, from snow and sticks. An assemblage of parts, stranger even than the sluagh.

True power isn't granted. True power can't be taken away.

Power brings its own legitimacy.

Freedom is the crux of self-respect. It is difficult to feel good about ourselves when we are unnaturally dependent on someone or something.

Divorce is a declaration of independence with only two signers.

We, the Hawaiian people, who are born from the union of Papahanaumoku and Wakea, earth mother and sky father, and who have lived in these islands for over 100 generations, will always have the moral right to the lands of Hawai'i now and forever, no matter what any court says.

nothing the western nations can do can stop her or keep her down.

No man is good enough to govern another man, without that other's consent. I say this is the leading principle--the sheet anchor of American republicanism.

A general government shall do all those things which pertain to it, and all the local governments shall do precisely as they please in respect to those matters which exclusively concern them.

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing Government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember and overthrow it.