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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. ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

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After all, an overvalued dollar gives us the ability to buy foreign goods at lower prices. And the existing volume of exports brings more yen and euros than they would if the dollar were more competitive. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

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Unless the trade deficit shrinks, the combination of the trade deficit and the interest and dividend payments to foreigners will grow ever more rapidly. ↗

— Martin Feldstein

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Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home. ↗

— William E. Gladstone

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Everyone should respect the sovereignty of the EU countries. ↗

— Evangelos Venizelos

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The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice. ↗

— Voltaire

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The biggest mistakes, early on, involved foreign policy and involved the strategy for health care. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

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Abroad, our most important policy is to support our troops and continue forward-thinking foreign policy in the war on terror - keeping our enemies on the run and hitting them before they hit us. ↗

— Christopher Bond

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It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas. ↗

— George W. Bush

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The reality is that we are hated not because of our democracy, freedoms, and generous social security system; rather, we are hated because of our involvement in foreign conflicts and quarrels that were never our concern. ↗

— Amir Butler

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