The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.
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The very heart of being a sovereign nation is providing security of one's borders, of one's internal situation, and security against anyone attacking one's nation. That is the very heart of what I believe is sovereignty.
Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts.
No state is free from militarism, which is inherent in the very concept of the sovereign state. There are merely differences of degree in the militarism of states.
Independence is a very subjective assessment.
To be called a sovereign nation, a nation has to be able to control its own borders. It is controlling your own destiny in a way, and we don't control our own borders.
Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want.
My desire is to be as independent as I can be, as long as I can be, subject to being effective.
An independent state does not pay too dear a price for its independence in accepting the sufferings of war when it cannot avoid them; a state which has lost its independence may find at least some compensation in the fact that its protector procures for it peace with its neighbours.
The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession.
Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns.