#sovereign

The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition. ↗

— John Acton

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The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility. ↗

— Georges Bataille

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Everyone should respect the sovereignty of the EU countries. ↗

— Evangelos Venizelos

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The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice. ↗

— Voltaire

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Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

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Before, Europe was about treaties, laws and our sovereign right to govern ourselves. Now, it's about everyday lives. ↗

— Nigel Farage

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Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion. ↗

— Thomas Browne

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Sovereignty is a word that is used often but it has really no specific meaning. Sovereignty today is nominal. Any number of countries that are sovereign are sovereign only nominally and relatively. ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

#countries #meaning #nominal #nominally #number

They say that our sovereign is above his laws to his pleasure, and he may make it and break it as he pleases, without any distinction. The contrary is true, or else he should not have sworn to keep it. ↗

— Jack Cade

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