Quotes about Sovereignty

The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy.

. . . we should be men first, and subjects afterward.

The greatest of empires, is the empire over one's self.

We were not designed to be dominated.

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

The first thing that we need to say is that God is grieving, too. Uh, a lot of people try to make it sound like 'well everything that happens is God's will.' That's nonsense. God allows everything, but God does not choose everything.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

What we want is to become masters in our own house.

God is not beholden to us at all. He doesn't owe us anything.

We stop on Sabbaths because God is on the throne, assuring us the world will not fall apart if we cease our activities.

Calvin sets the absolute sovereignty of God and the infallibility of the Bible over against the pretended sovereignty and infallibility of the pope. Fearing God, he was fearless of man. The sense of God's sovereignty fortified his followers against the tyranny of temporal sovereigns, and made them champions and promoters of civil and political liberty in France, Holland, England, and Scotland.

The problem, however, comes within the reach of possible solution, if we distinguish between sovereignty as an inherent power, and the exercise of sovereignty. God may limit the exercise of his sovereignty to make room for the free action of his creatures. It is by his sovereign decree that man is free. Without such self-limitation he could not admonish men to repent and believe. Here, again, the Calvinistic logic must either bend or break.