Quotes About Sovereignty

Japan is determined to defend its territory, territorial waters and air space.

Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.

Food sovereignty is an affirmation of who we are as indigenous peoples and a way, one of the most surefooted ways, to restore our relationship with the world around us.

People think of border security in very different ways, but to me, it's very simple: border security is national security.

I'm not searching for ways to tell the District of Columbia what to do.

To keep that absolute freedom we cannot be obliged to anyone.

We cannot continue to allow immigrants to come here illegally. And in this age of terrorism, we must not let in refugees whose intentions cannot be determined.

We will not have Americans telling us what to do... We cannot be brought to our knees.

No matter how many troops we have in place or how long they stay, we cannot impose a parliamentary democracy there any more than the insurgents can impose a theocracy.

We cannot let Brussels put itself above the law.

But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely.

Every state aspiring to be part of the free world, able to decide its own destiny, deserves its chance. They may, in a not too distant future, contribute to all of us in ways we cannot imagine today.

The United States will always be a global leader, and we need to actively engage the international community to make sure all citizens of the world live freely and equally under their country's rule of law. We cannot, however, afford to fight other nations' wars interminably or stabilize their regions.

We cannot have this porous border, where people come in and out; we don't know who they are.

When I came in, Haiti was not governed by Haitians anymore. Probably mostly by NGOs. And that has done what to Haiti? It has weakened our institution.

We also can't try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That's not leadership; that's a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately weakens us. It's the lesson of Vietnam, of Iraq - and we should have learned it by now.

He who placed me in this seat will keep me here.

Maduro has placed himself above the Constitution, but only the Venezuelan people can be above it.

Who needs MGM? Who needs any of these places?

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to install a military base, and he only wanted to plant a Venezuelan flag there?

My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfied us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.

Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating.

Americans want a nation-state: our own country with a history of freedom combined with responsibility.

The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.