Quotes about Sovereignty

The fact is, it's good to be free. No one ever marches against freedom, chanting, "Down with liberty! Back to bondage! I want to do only what the government tells me to do!

Yes, God is the author of everything, including evil, in the sense that He permits it, but not in the sense that He produces it. Evil happens in His permissive will, but He does not promote evil in His perfect will.

The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble.

The United States of America has been great because it has been free.

It is far better for a man to go wrong in freedom than to go right in chains.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

Small islands, not capable of protecting themselves, are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.

The right of war and peace is in the nation. where else should it reside but in those who are to pay the expense?

Though we have been wise enough to shut and lock the door against an absolute monarchy, we at the same time have been foolish enough to put the crown in possession of the key.

King's crowns are only crosses, but the cross of Christ is the only crown.

Who can have a better right to us than he that gives us our breath?

Beauty is a form of Genius--is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation. It is one of the great facts of the world, like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in the dark waters of that silver shell we call the moon. It cannot be questioned. It has divine right of sovereignty. It makes princes of those who have it.