#rei

When you have a foreign invasion - in this case by the Indonesian army - writers, intellectuals, newspapers and magazines are the first targets of repression. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#case #first #foreign #intellectuals #invasion

No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor. ↗

— Tacitus

#been #doubted #emperor #had #his

I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world. ↗

— Taliesin

#his #i #lord #over #praise

If God is sovereign, then it is impossible for civil government to be neutral on issues of law. All law is based in some religious code. ↗

— Randall Terry

#civil #civil government #code #god #government

We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once. ↗

— Townsend Harris

#foreign trade #once #open #ports #trade

When American presidents prepare for foreign wars, they lie. ↗

— Robert Higgs

#foreign #lie #prepare #presidents #wars

War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#battle #contend #fighting #known #only

If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#also #betrayed #birth #enemy #foreign

The king reigns but does not govern. ↗

— Louis Adolphe Thiers

#govern #king #reigns

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