Quotes About Sovereignty

We fight terrorism. It threatens our sovereign, democratic, compassionate and decent way of life.

During the 41 years that have elapsed since Costa Rica abolished its army, our fundamental freedoms have never been threatened, nor do we know a shameful history of repression.

Lebanon is caught in a cycle of threats. And it is our duty to be strong and capable of defending our country. But we will not clarify or explain what we do or do not possess.

Modern threats, like terrorism, disease and organised crime have no respect for borders.

I've always been someone who believed that if we ended up with No Deal, we would find a way to thrive economically because we are Britain; we are that sort of country. We have solved these kinds of problems.

The military might of a country represents its national strength. Only when it builds up its military might in every way can it develop into a thriving country.

I am not saying that I'm happy about what's going on right now in our nation, but I am at peace and I am comforted because I know that He's on the throne. That is good enough for me.

I never know from one election to the next who's going to be in office, but I know who's on the throne. And I'm on this earth because God created me. And that's who I answer to.

Throughout history, ambassadors have always been symbolic incarnations of the sovereignty of their nations and the dignity of their leaders.

Throwing open our borders to everyone who wants to enter is impractical and could cause grave harm to our nation and the American people.

Pakistani and Bangaladeshi infiltrators should be thrown out from the country, and there shouldn't be any compromise on the issue.

The patriot subordinates himself to his State in order to raise it above all other States and thus, as it were, to find his personal sacrifice repaid with ample interest through the might and greatness of his fatherland.

Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.

A figure who receives money from abroad for his political work, and thus serves some foreign interest, cannot be a politician in Russia.

Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.

The question is not whether Tibet should be independent but the extent of the autonomy that it is allowed. Tibet has been firmly ensconced as part of the Chinese empire since the Qing dynasty's military intervention in Tibet in the early 18th century.

China invaded Tibet. It invaded it. So all this nonsense about them being the same country is absurd. It's called Tibet. If it was part of China, it would be called China, wouldn't it?

Brexit was meant to be about taking back control, we are ceding control; it was meant to be about trade deals, we are not going to have any meaningful trade deals; it was meant to be about having a turbo-charged tiger economy on the edge of Europe, we are going to be bound by the common rule book that we won't have a hand in shaping.

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

Thus in the highest position there is the least freedom of action.

You can be a thousand different women. It's your choice which one you want to be. It's about freedom and sovereignty. You celebrate who you are. You say, 'This is my kingdom.'

I've been my own man. Ain't nothing richer than that

All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should.

Above and beyond their primal concern with security, different states define their interests in different ways.