Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people.
Woodrow Wilson
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Its action is aimed on the contrary at stopping foreign interference in the country and allowing the Lebanese to recover their full sovereignty and independence in line with UN resolution 1559.
Denis Simonneau
Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
I attribute this description of us as courageous, which Commander Castro has so generously made, to the courageous position that Mexico has always held in its foreign policy, in defense of the principles of sovereignty.
Rosario Green
We respect the sovereignty of the nations. We respect the sovereignty issues. But we also believe public safety is a priority and this is an opportunity to keep our state safe.
Terry Huertaz
The president has no right to share the sovereignty of this country. If the president is not going to withdraw this idea, we will be leaving the government on June 16.
Somawansa Amarasinghe
All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
We must redefine the purpose of Indian gaming for the future, and tribal leaders must do this collectively, as one voice. As my leadership at NCAI comes to a close, I will continue to work with the new leadership to preserve our sovereignty, because that is the strength of Indian Country for our future generations.
Tex Hall
This is a sign from the pope, who is the highest Christian authority in this world, that he is denying the claim of Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem.
Abdel Rahman
The problem is, each state has its own sovereignty. In other words, it's the states' rights.
Paul Wallace
A state can no more give up part of her sovereignty than a lady can give up part of her virtue.
John Randolph
This is a violation of the sovereignty of the country. We will not allow it.
Somawansa Amarasinghe
Rehnquist has been enormously influential in curbing, if not reversing, the Court's pro-criminal defendant rulings of the 1960s, in establishing state sovereignty decisions, and in questioning the scope of Congress's enumerated powers, for example, invalidating substantial portions of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act.
Dennis Hutchinson
The sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ethiopia is being restored. Ethiopia does not want anything more beyond reclaiming its invaded land and it will not accept anything less.
Selome Taddesse
It seriously sabotages the nation's sovereignty. The people of Taiwan should not allow China to spread such misleading information to the international community.
David Huang
I think that from this political situation, new reality will emerge. And I think that Quebecers will be able to realize sovereignty and do it with the support we need from foreign countries.
André Boisclair
Venezuela is serving as a model of respect for indigenous peoples and their right to culture, land and sovereignty.
Robert Free Galvan
The chances are not very good that the Palestinians and the Israelis will cut the only possible deal - which is the sovereignty of the Temple Mount being transferred to the Palestinians and the Palestinians giving up their dream of the right of return.
Akiva Eldar
I don't see why the United States has to get involved in this issue, ... It is a decision involving the sovereignty of Venezuela.
Jose Vicente Rangel
After the country has been split for four months, we don't see how Ivory Coast can be reunited without turning to the sovereignty of the people.
Guillaume Soro
This confirms what we have long suspected that the government is involved in putting together a deal to sell out British sovereignty and try and bounce the people of Gibraltar into accepting such a deal.
Michael Ancram
The entire international order rests on principles, one of which is the elementary one that there must be respect of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of existing states, and one must proceed from that.
Vojislav Kostunica
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
St. Augustine
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
But again Jordan has the right to exercise its sovereignty and to take sovereign decisions when they are in favor of its national interest.
Nasser Judeh
I want to ask, does Pakistan have sovereignty at all? They are cooperating with America in the war against terrorism, but can they not distinguish between cooperation and slavery?
Imran Khan
If you share with someone else, and you don't agree with the person you share with, there's no sovereignty.
Michael Ancram
There's a different kind of Europe to be built and on May 13 voters must decide to choose to lose national sovereignty by voting for the left and putting Italy in the hands of technocrats, or take the road of freedom.
Umberto Bossi
In saying the mainland and Taiwan are both a part of one China, we are stressing that China's sovereignty and territorial integrity are not divided and that we would not permit a division.
Qian Qichen
[The group identifying itself as] the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty ... in very inhumane conditions.
Daniel Pearl
She is coming from so far to give us a message about unity and sovereignty among all nations.
Caroline Stasulat
They are putting pressure to engage in talks on (Argentine) sovereignty and that just won't happen.
Howard Pearce
We're wanting to let all the people know that all the land in Australia has been given back to the Aboriginal people ... and the sovereignty now lies with all Aboriginal nations.
Robert Corowa
True republicanism is the sovereignty of the people....There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate.
Marquis De Lafayette
The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some measure national sovereignty to worldwide institutions and obligations.
Arthur Henderson
Pakistan reaffirmed its support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Sri Lanka and for the ongoing peace process in the country.
Tasneem Ahmed
The sovereignty and equality of the Turkish Cypriots and the guaranteed right of Turkey are not negotiable subjects.
Rauf Denktash
The White House is drawing attention to this election, betting that it will be successful and it can point to this as another benchmark in the transition to fuller Iraqi sovereignty.
Lee Feinstein
Sovereignty is still an issue really important for Quebec. More than ever, especially with what happened with the sponsorship scandal.
David Page
Yachts are the closest a commoner can get to sovereignty.
Charles Simonyi
This day marks once and for all times the end of our long suffering and today, too, we affirm our sovereignty as a people.
Xanana Gusmao
It is essential to have training so that they are not ... overridden by the international community and can keep their sovereignty.
Jenny Blinkhorn
At a time when leaders are vying for the top positions, nobody wants to be seen as too soft on the outsiders. Everybody wants to be seen as protectors of national sovereignty, protectors of state secrets.
Jerome Cohen
Using non-peaceful means to stop secession in defense of our sovereignty and territorial integrity would be our last resort when all our efforts for a peaceful reunification should prove futile.
Wang Zhaoguo
The sovereignty of one's self over one's self is called Liberty.
Albert Pike
I worry because there is a basic asymmetry, an imbalance, between the two parties. For the Palestinians, it is about status and sovereignty, which could always be adjusted, while for Israel it is about security and trust. And security is something you can't adjust. If you make a mistake on the scrutiny issue, there is no going back.
Abraham H. Foxman
Passing the McCain bill would be selling out the American worker, American sovereignty. It would really be a violation of their oath of office to protect America from foreign invaders.
Rosanna Pulido
I'd much rather be in front of a Canadian jury in a Canadian court. It'd probably still keep me out of the seed business for the rest of my life, alas, but it certainly would lay people's fears of a sovereignty intrusion to rest.
Marc Emery
The prime minister has chosen to acknowledge publicly the sovereignty of God and the claim of God on her life. Hers is the challenge to live up to that claim.
Philip Robinson
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.
Camille Chamoun
(Israeli Prime Minister Ariel) Sharon is a genius. He is giving the world a taste of what Palestinian sovereignty will look like. It will be chaotic. The Palestinians will find it very difficult to manage.
Michael Oren
We missed a clear signal that transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis will be accelerated, ... The role of the United Nations, in particular of the secretary-general, could have been strengthened even more.
Gunter Pleuger
We will not compromise on our sovereignty.
Rauf Denktash
Egypt ... has to impose down to the smallest detail a regime of security ... to stop smuggling, to stop breaches of its sovereignty. As far as I understand the Egyptians they are determined to do that.
Amos Gilad
Nuremberg introduced the concept that individuals and states were subject to international law, including limits on sovereignty.
Henry King
Shared sovereignty doesn't work, because sovereignty depends on being able to exercise authority.
Michael Ancram
In this movie, they talk about controlling illegal migration, violence on the border and sovereignty issues. This is definitely a good fit for us.
Oscar Martinez
We hope all sides will not take action that could further aggravate the situation in that area. We think the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Iraq should be respected.
Shen Guofang
It's clear that various states in the region are hedging their bets ... . The Iraqi government is trying to assert its own sovereignty, but it has failed.
Mark Sedra
George Bush has declared the war on terrorism to be the cause of his generation. The cause of Canadian sovereignty will be ours.
John Godfrey
Let's all wait for those results and respect people's sovereignty in accordance to the existing law.
Megawati Sukarnoputri
There is a panoply of candidates there representing every interest, including gays and lesbians, women, sovereignty hardliners, but perhaps the picture is still too fragmented.
Alain Gagnon
We want the government to act with prudence. ... What is more important, selling our country or holding onto our sovereignty?
Luis Macas
Some issues go beyond rationality. Any sign of an affront to northern sovereignty is absolutely guaranteed to get on the front page of all the newspapers.
Rob Huebert
That would amount to an encroachment of China's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Tang Jiaxuan
When I see somebody 'suffering for their art', it%uFFFDs usually a case of them not knowing where that red line is, not knowing where the sovereignty lies.
Hugh Macleod
In a world where 50 percent of the budget of a film actually goes on promotion, as opposed to what you see on screen, the idea that we have a worlds where the consumer can exercise authority and sovereignty is absurd.
Toby Miller
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
If we defend the title to our land or the sovereignty of our country, we do it for reasons no different, no less innate than do lower animals.
Robert Ardrey
Resistance is a holy right for the Palestinian people to face the Israeli occupation. Nobody should forget that the Palestinian people negotiated for 10 years and accepted difficult and humiliating agreements, and in the end didn't get anything except authority over the people, and no authority over land, or sovereignty.
Marwan Barghouti
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
Chinese government and people resolutely opposes the United States and Japan in issuing any bilateral document concerning China's Taiwan, which meddles the internal affairs of China, and hurts China's sovereignty.
Foreign Ministry
Nobody has the mandate to sign an agreement which violates our full rights. The right of return, full sovereignty over Jerusalem, the '67 borders ... nobody has the mandate. ... I have full confidence and trust ... Mr. Arafat will not do that.
Marwan Barghouti
In case of the motherland?s needs, our army would ... firmly defend and guard national security, unity and territorial sovereignty.
Guo Boxiong
Jerusalem and the Temple Mount are the cornerstones of Jewish identity. No Israeli prime minister will ever be able to sign a document that gives up sovereignty of the Temple Mount to the Palestinians.
Ehud Barak
He wasn't conspiring to ship drugs to the U.S.; he was simply making them available over the Internet to anyone worldwide. For any country to seize jurisdiction over the Internet makes the whole world vulnerable to long-arm jurisdiction. That seems dangerous to notions of sovereignty.
Ted Morgan
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