Sovereign is he who decides on the exception.

Carl Schmitt
Sovereign is he who decides on the exception.
Sovereign is he who decides on the exception.
Sovereign is he who decides on the exception.
Sovereign is he who decides on the exception.
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With words that have been passed down through history, William Shakespeare captures the idea that sovereigns have the authority to make exceptions. He is saying that a sovereign has the power to take lives and property away from people and give them to another. In other words, a sovereign has the power to pass a decision about a specific case.

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