Sovereignty Quotes

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.

The European nations' loss of sovereignty to the EU should be a warning to Americans.

With the Germans, the sovereignty resided in the great assembly of the people.

You can't get closer to the heart of national sovereignty than national security and intelligence services.

The free world is really helping Lebanon restore its sovereignty. I imagine there is quite a bit of pressure on Syria to leave. I hope they leave in a peaceful way.

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.

Everyone should respect the sovereignty of the EU countries.