Sovereign Authority Quotes

Know, sir, that the first place in the empire is mine. From God I hold my power and my crown, and I depute them to no man--I alone reign in Austria.

There must … be only one empire, one faith, and one sovereignty in the world.

I make a tender of my services, my loyalty, and my fidelity to the Constitutional Emperor of Mexico …. This solemn act cuts me off from all protection or dependence on my former government.

There never was that government called a republic, which was not ultimately ruled by a single will, and, therefore, (however bold may seem the paradox,) virtually and substantially a monarchy.

Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are Sovereign. There was a time when none denied it. I hope the time may come again, when a better comprehension of the theory of our Government, and the inalienable rights of the people of the States, will prevent any one from denying that each State is a Sovereign, and thus may reclaim the grants which it has made to any agent whomsoever.

By the splendour of God I have taken possession of my realm; the earth of England is in my two hands.

The sun never sets on the immense empire of Charles V.

The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of man, and his compulsion is our liberation.

The sovereignty of states is a fairly archaic notion. If the rulers abuse their power and the people, what do you do then. The must be an international duty to protect.

The monarch is the law

A citizen cannot renounce his allegiance to the United States without the permission of government, to be declared by law;

No self-respecting country - especially one with our clout and proud history - should sign up to a proposal that surrenders the power to veto our foreign and trade policy to another entity.

That power which had both the purse and the sword, had the government of the whole country, and might extend its powers to any and to every object.

Since governments take the right of death over people, it is not astonishing that people should sometimes take the right of death over governments.

The unspoken contract between ruler and subject is that in return for safety, prosperity, and prestige, the Russians entrust power and cede democratic freedoms to their leaders.

There is a general rule, which includes all the duties of a sovereign, and by which he may easily judge how to proceed under every circumstance. Let the safety of the people be the supreme law.

In its exterior relations - abroad - this government is the sole and exclusive representative of the united majesty, sovereignty, and power of the States, constituting this great and glorious Union. To the rest of the world, we are one. Neither State nor State government is known beyond our borders. Within, it is different.

Individuals have rights and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating their rights). So strong and far-reaching are these rights that they raise the question of what, if anything, the state and its officials may do. How much room do individual rights leave for the state?

I want the seals of power and place, the ensigns of command, charged by the people's unbought grace, to rule my native land. Nor crown, nor scepter would I ask but from my country's will, by day, by night, to ply the task her cup of bliss to fill.

The freedom of a government does not depend on the quality of its laws, but upon the power that has the right to create them.

I will never cede the authority of our country or our security to any other nation. I'll never give a veto over American security to any other entity - not a nation, not a country, not an institution.

This nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth.

The English constitution is founded on the principle of choosing a single sovereign authority and making it good.

State Sovereignty. National Union.

The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their will, and lives only by their will.