Sovereign

Famous quotes containing the word sovereign:

“Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)

“Every new sovereign brings his own ministers.”
—Chinese proverb.

“Undoubtedly equality of goods is just; but, being unable to cause might to obey justice, men has made it just to obey might. Unable to strengthen justice, they have justified might—so that the just and the strong should unite, and there should be peace, which is the sovereign good.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)