Abdicate Quotes

A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.

This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it's a four-year story.

We will never abdicate the security of the United States to a foreign country or refrain from taking action when appropriate. But we cannot ignore the reality that cooperative counterterrorism activities are a key to our national defense.

The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The State never abdicates.

All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates.