History shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.
Leads
A habit leads a man so gently in the beginning that he does not perceive he is led – with what silken threads and down what pleasant avenues it leads him! By and by, the soft silk threads become iron chains, and the pleasant avenues Avernus!
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.
Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
The beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good, or to what is holy; it leads only to itself.
There is no way to ease the burden. The voyage leads on from harm to harm, A land of others and of silence.
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
There are a variety of techniques to help people change the kind of thinking that leads them to become depressed. These techniques are called cognitive behavioral therapy.
Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.