Sovereignty

He has at last invented this sort of do-nothing Sovereignty, —that the people may exclude slavery by a sort of “Sovereignty” that is exercised by doing nothing at all.

Sixth Joint Debate at Quincy. Mr. Lincoln's Rejoinder 1897

If MPs voted to seize back our Sovereignty from the unelected and unaccountable EuroNabobery and began once more to exercise control over all areas of law instead of acting as stooges for the Brussels Diktat, we might then own that they were worthy of being paid £60k per annum and merit having expenses and allowances commensurate with their actual responsiblity.

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If MPs voted to seize back our Sovereignty from the unelected and unaccountable EuroNabobery and began once more to exercise control over all areas of law instead of acting as stooges for the Brussels Diktat, we might then own that they were worthy of being paid £60k per annum and merit having expenses and allowances commensurate with their actual responsiblity.

Expenses: The Commons Exocets Itself 2009

The beginning of the erosion of US Sovereignty is not the end of the process, but every step of the process is a loss.

Sound Politics: Post-Thanksgiving Turkey 2006

June 28, 2004 Sovereignty is transferred from the US-led coalition to the Interim Iraqi Government.

Think Progress » VIDEO: Schmidt’s Shame 2005

Sovereignty is the ability to decide how our natural resources should be managed, how our economy should be directed, and how to deal with change.

A Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement 1987

Sovereignty is essentially self-government or, more precisely, it is the exclusive right to tax and make laws on a territory and to assume a full and equal relationship with others.

The Association of Tomorrow 1979

Sovereignty is another matter which, in my view, is overemphasized.

S.S. Manhattan's Northwest Passage Voyage—Observations by Canada's Representative 1970

A turning point of sorts came in 1996 when a Sudanese diplomat by the name of Francis M. Deng, troubled about -- of all things -- the resistance of some nations to efforts to provide their people with humanitarian assistance, published a book entitled Sovereignty as Responsibility.

Amitai Etzioni: Let's "Bomb" Myanmar -- with Rice 2008

When the Sovereignty was abandoned, it took a different character.

The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903