Ronald Reagan Quotes

We have fought for our land, we have fought for our sovereignty, small as we are we have won our independence and we are prepared to shed our blood... So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe.

Without sovereignty, a nation cannot exist. Without borders, it can't be defined or protected.

Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered.

My conception of freedom. — The value of a thing sometimes does not lie in that which one attains by it, but in what one pays for it — what it costs us. Liberal institutions cease to be liberal as soon as they are attained: later on, there are no worse and no more thorough injurers of freedom than liberal institutions.

Externally China desires independence, internally she seeks to maintain her existence as a nation; China therefore strives to loose the bonds that bind her people, and to complete the establishment of a new State.

Any people has a right to self-determination, and now in Europe the process of diluting national sovereignty in the framework of a united Europe is more accepted.

Today the Turkish nation is called on to defend its capacity for civilization, its right to life and independence – its entire future.

No country can be expected to make peace with a nation that denies its right to exist.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will loose its freedom.

I don't feel we need to be independent for me to feel confident in my Scottish identity. I think Scotland is pretty comfortable in its identity. We won't need independence to preserve it... if we don't become independent, it won't disappear; it isn't under existential threat.

Freedom is an illusion. It always comes at a price.

Those who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long.

Those who have known freedom and then lost it, have never known it again

Iraqis must fight for their own country.

A nation has the capacity to choose its own capital city, and Jerusalem is Israel's capital.

Independence is the only way Scotland can realise its full political and cultural potential in the 21st century.

No, I don't think I've ever really favoured English independence. My view is that if the Scots want to be independent then we should aim for the same thing.

The United States was born in revolution and nurtured by struggle. Throughout our history, the American people have befriended and supported all those who seek independence and a better way of life.

Would I love to think that one day I would be First Minister of an independent Scotland? Of course.

Do we want a multicultural society, following the model of the English-speaking world, where fundamental Islam is progressing and we see major religious claims, or do we want an independent nation, with people able to control their own destiny, or do we accept to be a region managed by the technocrats of the European Union?

We don't need a strongman. But we need a strong country that is not subordinate to Europe.

People movements have heralded a new era of Taiwan politics.

We're an independent sovereign country and that's very important to Monaco.

Carving out our own role, distinct from America's, might not be easy. But we must ask ourselves: what alternative is there? Unthinking, uncritical loyalty to the U.S. under Donald Trump is a far less appealing idea.

I value my independence a lot, and the thought of having to lose that due to age or any other reason terrifies me.