Quotes About Sovereignty

They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one; they promised to take our land, and they did.

We owe our troops more than rhetoric; we owe them a real plan. The Administration has yet to put forward a strategy for achieving stability in Iraq, ending the conflict, and handing over sovereignty to the people of Iraq and the new Iraqi government.

If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.

Freedom is coming to mean little more than the right to ask permission

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

The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees

Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency

What then is freedom ? The power to live as one wishes

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.

There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.

If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all

You can't put democracy and freedom back into a box.

Freedom isn't the right to live any kind of way, it's the right to live as you'd wish.

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

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

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

If governments let themselves be fully bound by the decisions of their parliaments without protecting their own freedom to act, a breakup of Europe would be a more probable outcome than deeper integration.

But God always has a holy surprise up His sovereign sleeve. And when we pray, God throws surprise parties!

The beauty of obedience is this: it relieves us of responsibility. It takes all the pressure off of us and places it squarely on God's sovereign shoulders.

Vivir sin tropezar por causa de Jesús no es ninguna experiencia al estilo Zen. Es llevar una vida sometida a su soberanía, su misterio y su amor. Jesús nos promete que seremos bienaventurados si no hallamos tropiezo en él cuando hace cosas a favor de otras personas.

No creo en las coincidencias. Creo en la providencia. Creo en un Dios soberano que fija citas divinas a medio mundo de distancia.

God is great not just because nothing is too big for Him; God is also great because nothing is too small. The Sovereign One cares about every minute detail of our lives.

I don't pretend to understand where the sovereignty of God and free will of humans meet, but it motivates me to work like it depends on me and pray like it depends on God.