1 sovereignty

1 human rights

1 to authorize

1 surname Quan

1 right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)

2 (classical) power and wealth

1 not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence

1 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)

1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior

2 Might makes right.

1 to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)

2 to surrender territory under humiliating terms

1 to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing