Sovereign

Famous quotes containing the word sovereign:

    “Put up at the moment of greatest suffering a prayer, not for thy own escape, but for the enfranchisement of some being dear to thee, and the sovereign spirit will accept thy ransom.”
    —Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)

    “The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.”
    —Georges Bataille (1897–1962)

    “The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.”
    —Kwame Nkrumah (1900–1972)