Quotes About Sovereignty

It was during the Reagan years that defiance of international law and the U.N. Charter became entirely open.

Our borders have got to be secured. You know, when President Reagan, who was one of my idols, granted amnesty to about three million illegal immigrants, it was based on the fact that the borders would be secured. That didn't happen. It didn't happen during the Bush administration.

Independence is the only way Scotland can realise its full political and cultural potential in the 21st century.

There were some who wanted all the benefits of E.U. membership without any of the costs. I'm not sure that's very realistic.

The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be.

We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world - but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first.

The sovereigns of the Internet are acting like they have a divine right to govern.

From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this moment on, it's going to be America First.

Britain must govern Britain and nothing less will do.

We have more and more rules coming out of Europe telling us what to do, and I think people are getting a bit fed up with it. This was supposed to be a common market. I don't remember them ever saying we would be governed by Brussels and become a satellite of Europe.

We have to allow people in the states to make their own decisions, to get government agencies out of the way and let local people make decisions about what's best for them.

Accepting that Arabs have the right to elect their own leaders means accepting the rise of governments that do not share America's pro-Israel militancy.

I believe in small governments or no governments. I think the majority of people want to have big government, a big brother taking care of them.

In my eight years as governor, I did everything I could to resist federal control of issues that belong to the states.

The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.

This is a great country. You're trying to tell me we can't keep people from coming into our country if we really had the desire to do it? I don't buy it.

No, our greatness does not come from our government.

The place does not make the man, nor the sceptre the king. Greatness is from within.

If I was a Greek citizen I'd be out there trying to bring down this monstrosity that has been put upon those people.

Greenland is not for sale.

If the inmates of Guantanamo want to make their nests in Uruguay, they can do it.

Every person is also a citizen of some country. In their country, they have rights and responsibilities. In every other country, they are a guest.

Doors have locks, citizens have guns, and countries have borders.

I am the Haitian flag. He who is my enemy is the enemy of the fatherland.