Quotes About Sovereignty

God's love reached out to us and chose us even before we ever thought of Him. — Lloyd O'Donnell —

The heart of a man plans his way," says Solomon, "but the LORD establishes his steps" (Proverbs 16:9). We are to plan in the here and now, but we can do so in the confidence that the Lord is acting in our lives and in our circumstances, calling us to His purpose.

you will not be master of my body & my property

The only periods, I suspect, when a man feels captain of his soul are those when he has not the slightest need of such an organ.

The march of GOD in the world, that is what the state is.

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.

Rights aren't really rights if someone can take them away.

You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it.

A nation without borders is like a house without walls - it collapses. And that is what is going to happen to our wonderful America.

Many of us think in terms in parental determinism: 'If I push all the right buttons my kids are going to turn out OK.' I want to instill in myself and my people a wonderful dose, not of carelessness, but of God's sovereignty. He knows the hairs on your kids' heads.

It shouldn't be the asylum seekers wondering which country they want go to. It should be Europe telling them where to be, be it Lithuania, Sweden, or wherever.

I keep wondering who defends Quebec identity: who defends sovereignty, the right of the people to express themselves freely.

If someone doubts our right to exist - be it on the hills of Umm al-Fahem or in Munich's beer halls, in Gaza's crowded streets or in the thick woods of Babi Yar - it's their problem. Proud states do not break into wails and crawl under the carpet when they discover someone doesn't love them.

Empowerment is a word that comes with liberty.

If the Lord says to give more than you think you are able to give, know that He will provide for you. Whether things are sailing smoothly or the bottom has dropped out, He is always trustworthy. You can count on Almighty God to keep His everlasting Word.

A thousand years of uninterrupted British sovereignty has taught us one thing. If change isn't allowed to be a process, it becomes an event.

The current nation-state model is the product of thousands of years of political, social, and cultural evolution. I mean, it was only recently - in, like, the last few decades - that people have tried to create an organizing principle larger than the nation-state.

The U.N. charter bars the threat of force.

Admitting hundreds of thousands of infiltrators is an existential threat to the State of Israel.

No state should have to endure the threat of terrorists entering our borders.

I think to leave Europe would be a threat on the one hand to our economic security and on the other our national security.

Freedom means the U.S. government not being the main threat to countries around the world.

Terrorists cannot threaten the survival of a great nation.

During my five-year presidency, no one, and I mean no one under any pretext can threaten the country's interest. It puts the nation in danger.