Rebecca MacKinnon Quotes

I wouldn't say the nation-state is dead, but the Sovereignty has been greatly circumscribed ... even for a country as large as the U. S.

No one will suppose that a government could have lasted a single year, if offenses against its laws could not have been punished without the consent of the state in which the culprit was found.

Everyone should respect the sovereignty of the EU countries.

The nation state law has nothing controversial.

A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine in society, with an expectation to have our persons and properties defended against unreasonable exactions either at home or abroad.

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.

There is no question that Taiwan is a state in any political science definition of a state.

Ultimate authority in a global system remains with sovereigns. Governments will not have it any other way: politicians face instant rejection from their electorate if they allow transnational authorities to dictate terms.

Sovereignty is as necessary as ever.

Where the state begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa.

Sub-national, ethnic or tribal factions cannot expect to undermine the political unit in which they exist while claiming the privileges of a sovereign nation-state.

The existence of the United States as a nation presupposes the power enjoyed by every nation of extending their territory by treaties.

You must not expect the central government of any country to encourage separatism.

State Sovereignty. National Union.

In a sense, the police power is but another name for the power of government.

The right of erecting corporations is one inherent in, and inseparable from, the idea of sovereign power.

No state has a divine right to exist.

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

Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.

An individual should not have too much freedom. A nation should have absolute freedom.

Israel is a sovereign state. If you decide on your capital city, we will act in accordance.

Israel will not divide its land. We're already too small.

I don't think anybody else from my generation had federal agents standing at their door with a badge and a gun, saying: 'You are going to answer my questions'.

Any cooperation that doesn't go through the Syrian government is not legal. If it's not legal, we cannot cooperate with, and we don't recognize and we don't accept.

Respect for sovereignty means to not allow unconstitutional action and coup d'états, the removal of legitimate power.