Sovereign Function

Famous quotes containing the words sovereign and/or function:

    “To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a Covenant, beyond the constitution, beyond sovereign guarantee, beyond the nation’s sweetest dreams of itself.”
    —Leonard Cohen (b. 1934)

    “Science has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth.”
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)