#sovereignty

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

— Saint Augustine

#absence #justice #organized #robbery #sovereignty

Eroticism has its own moral justification because it says that pleasure is enough for me; it is a statement of the individual's sovereignty. ↗

— Mario Vargas Llosa

#enough #eroticism #individual #justification #me

For me, everything is still possible and I am as determined as ever. I believe first that the project of a people does not die. It is the project of freedom for a people, it is a project of sovereignty. And since the nation exists, it has the right to its own state. I will work to advance it in that direction. ↗

— Pauline Marois

#am #believe #determined #die #direction

The health care reform legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last night clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and infringes on each state's sovereignty. ↗

— Bill McCollum

#clearly #constitution #each #health #health care

If the choice were made, one for us to lose our sovereignty and become a member of the Commonwealth or remain with our sovereignty and lose the membership of the Commonwealth, I would say let the Commonwealth go. ↗

— Robert Mugabe

#choice #commonwealth #go #i #lose

Satan cannot win. Why not? Because he has denied God's sovereignty and disobeyed God's law. But Moses was told explicitly, God's blessings come only from obedience. Satan will not win because he has abandoned God's tool of dominion, biblical law. ↗

— Gary North

#because #blessings #cannot #come #denied

National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform the role of a government forfeits the rights of a government. ↗

— Richard Perle

#forfeits #government #national #national sovereignty #obligation

On the Native American front, we have turned a new page in the 400-year history of the interface between the American settlers of this country and the nation's first Americans. That's included a new relationship where the sovereignty of tribes is in fact recognized. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#between #country #fact #first #front

Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#apparent #benefit #does #entail #loss

Let sovereignty be granted us over a portion of the earth's surface large enough to satisfy our rightful requirements as a nation. The rest we shall manage for ourselves. ↗

— Theodor Herzl

#enough #granted #large #large enough #manage