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Quotes About Sovereignty

Independence is a political concept, not a biological concept.
~ Margaret J. Wheatley
In case Japan ventures to attack the Mongolian People's Republic, seeking to destroy its independence, we will have to assist the Mongolian People's Republic.
~ Joseph Stalin
Economic independence is the foundation of the only sort of freedom worth a damn
~ H. L. Mencken
The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
~ Voltaire
I too am a government.
~ Gustave Courbet
Independence means voluntary restraints and discipline, voluntary acceptance of the rule of law.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness.
~ Rutherford B. Hayes
True independence is not a gift to be received. It can't be a hand-out to people. It must be an achievement by the people.
~ Y. C. James Yen
The first of earthly blessings, independence.
~ Edward Gibbon
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
~ Baron de Montesquieu
What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence?
~ Abraham Lincoln
This state of independence shall be!
~ Jon Anderson
In some things, we Americans leave to other countries the carrying out of the principle that stands at the head of our Declaration of Independence.
~ Herman Melville
Every country has its own diplomacy. Being part of Europe doesn't mean giving up one's independence or no longer being able to take the initiative.
~ Emmanuel Macron
We don't celebrate dependence day on the Fourth of July. We celebrate Independence Day.
~ Ronald Reagan
Real freedom for people can only exist whenever there is security and independence.
~ Alexis Tsipras
The States are nations.
~ Daniel Webster
Liberty and personal independence in America are still a concept some here have never known.
~ John Longenecker
The attributes of sovereignty are now enjoyed by every state in the Union.
~ Alexander Hamilton
We . . . declared our independence 200 years ago, and we are not about to lose it now to paper shufflers and computers.
~ Gerald R. Ford
Individuals, like nations, must have suitable broad and natural boundaries, even a considerable neutral ground, between them.
~ Henry David Thoreau
The Algerians were revolutionsists, they wanted land. France offered to let them be integrated into France. They told France, to hell with Fance, they wanted some land, not some France.
~ Malcolm X
I take the only desire one can really permit oneself. Freedom, Alvah, freedom.""You call that freedom?""To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
~ Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
To have an independant mind, to think for oneself, not to follow fashion, not to seek honour or decoration, not to become part of the establishment
~ Marcel Schlumberge