Sovereign Decision Quotes

The U.S. is a sovereign nation, and if the U.S. decides to build a wall on the southern border, it's their sovereign decision. We may like it or not.

The people have spoken. Their decision is sovereign. We all respect it... I wish good luck to those who will now govern France.

I respect the view of a rating agency, but I do not make a budget for the rating agency. I make a budget for the people of India.

I've changed my mind, even against Omar al-Bashir. Whether he has to be charged or not, the Sudanese shall decide or the Africans.

It was not lust for honor, nor a seeking after fame, nor blind obstinacy nor power-seeking that demanded of the Fuhrer [Adolf Hitler] our resignation from the League of Nations, but simply the clear determination to be unconditionally responsible to ourselves in enduring and mastering our own destiny.

I cannot allow a third party to decide on my country's future.

Russia has made its choice in favor of democracy. Fourteen years ago, independently, without any pressure from outside, it made that decision in the interests of itself and interests of its people - of its citizens. This is our final choice, and we have no way back. There can be no return to what we used to have before.

We had been told that it was not possible to leave the E.U., and the U.K. has just demonstrated that, when the people want it, we can set up the conditions to exit the E.U.

We should not replicate the situation where one country is in a situation to hijack the rest of Europe because they organize a referendum.

Should we continue to run our economic affairs or be managed by people in Brussels?

You cannot import anything from outside your country regarding the future of your country.

It's true that I refused foreign aid. It's true. It wasn't my personal decision, however - it was the whole country that said no.