#sovereign

The European nations' loss of sovereignty to the EU should be a warning to Americans. ↗

— Phyllis Schlafly

#european #european nations #loss #nations #should

We Chileans have to be able to understand that in a democracy institutions must function freely and with sovereignty. ↗

— Ricardo Lagos

#democracy #freely #function #institutions #must

That which should distinguish the suffering of believers from unbelievers is the confidence that our suffering is under the control of an all-powerful and all-loving God. Our suffering has meaning and purpose in God's eternal plan, and He brings or allows to come into our lives only that which is for His glory and our good. ↗

— Jerry Bridges

#suffering #life

I wished God were like He used to be, a few notches lower. I wanted Him to be lofty enough to help me but not so uncontrollable. I longed for His warm presence, times when He seemed more… safe. ↗

— Joni Eareckson Tada

#love

Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns. ↗

— Louis XIV

#sovereigns

A sovereign's great example forms a people; the public breast is noble or vile as he inspires it. ↗

— David Mallet

#forms #great #inspires #noble #people

It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty. ↗

— James Monroe

#corrupt #degenerate #exercising #ignorant #incapable

It is altogether proper for people to recognize a sovereign God. ↗

— Roy Moore

#god #people #proper #recognize #sovereign

The whole basis of the Constitution was a restriction of power, and the whole basis of the federalist system was that there was not one sovereign centralized power from which all authority flows. ↗

— Roy Moore

#basis #centralized #constitution #federalist #flows

I have always thought that Israel, as an independent and sovereign nation, had a right to defend itself. ↗

— Don Nickles

#defend #had #i #independent #israel