Legitimacy Quotes · Page 3

The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as…

— Carol P. Christ

I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on…

— Samuel Alito

The legitimacy of a war is not established by how it is organized but by what it achieves.

— David Brooks

Unless the Security Council is restored to its pre-eminent position as the sole source of legitimacy on the use of force, we…

— Kofi Annan

The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or…

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Respect for human rights is not social work; it is not merely an act of compassion. It is the first obligation of…

— Ronald Reagan

Justice is the most "political" or institutional of the virtues. The legitimacy of a state rests upon its claim to do justice.

— Alan Ryan

“Like how the government of General Abacha was using its foreign policy to legitimize itself in the eyes of other African countries.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

In November 2000, the Republicans stole from America our most precious right of all: the right to free and fair elections... Now…

— Cynthia McKinney

Being a good Hans Haacke student, part of his influence on me is that there's no difference between a gallery show and…

— Mike Mills

I think it's unfortunate that there exists only one path in America to complete social legitimacy, and that is marriage. I think,…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

That issue has been resolved for years now, and it's been resolved for at least two years in Donald Trump's mind. And…

— John Lewis

Today, parliaments are more important because of the need of legitimacy, of the popular legitimacy, of public opinion legitimacy of politics. Parliaments…

— Enrico Letta

“Legitimacy is the elixir of political power. "The strongest is never strong enough to be the master", Jean-Jaques Rousseau observed, "unless he…

— Fareed Zakaria

I have compromised down the line. I've disliked it intensely in the old days when you were trying to talk race relations…

— Rod Serling

The appearance in nineteenth-century psychiatry, jurisprudence, and literature of a whole series of discourses on the species and subspecies of homosexuality, inversion,…

— Michel Foucault

The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend…

— Albert Einstein

There’s no “correct path” to becoming a real artist. You might think you’ll gain legitimacy by going to university, getting published, getting…

— Amanda Palmer

There is one great advantage to being an academic economist in France: here, economists are not highly respected in the academic and…

— Thomas Piketty

Our vision of interconnectedness resonates with new networks of world citizens in nongovernmental organizations linking from numberless centers of energy, expressing the…

— Dennis Kucinich

Zionism is only around 100 years old. It is the transformation from religion to nationalism, to materialism created by non-religious Jews who…

— Yisroel Dovid Weiss

In any institution-factory, university, health center, or whatever-there are a variety of interests that ought to be represented in decision-making: the work…

— Noam Chomsky

Once you take yourself off the pedestal, saying, "It's bad for you to torture, but for us, this is our national security,…

— Wesley Clark

Misuse of the Koran to provide legitimacy for violence is common, particularly in Europe, where terrorists tend not to be well-educated Muslims.

— Mia Bloom

Everything needs to be public. The legitimacy of the courts comes from the fact that they reason openly, on the record, based…

— Jed S. Rakoff

Donald Trump feels like he doesn't get the credit for being a legitimate president. He should have therapy over that legitimacy thing.

— Stephanie Cutter

“The excessive use of force creates legitimacy problems, and force without legitimacy leads to defiance, not submission.”

— Malcolm Gladwell

This country exists as the fulfillment of a promise made by God Himself. It would be ridiculous to ask it to account…

— Golda Meir

Strong states and blocs of strong states are the only source of power and legitimacy capable of driving an international agenda in…

— Ian Bremmer

The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem.

— Mo Ibrahim

“power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tepmts empty posturing.”

— Henry Kissinger

The court can, and must, only maintain its legitimacy through the dispensation of justice, not by coercion and censorship.

— Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

[ Donald Trump] deference to the president [Barack Obama] whose legitimacy he questioned.

— George Stephanopoulos

Is the Church fulfilling a purely religious role when by its silence or friendly relationships it lends legitimacy to dictatorial and oppressive…

— Gustavo Gutiérrez

I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling.

— Joshua Lederberg

Democracy depends on the legitimacy of the process for winning and exchanging power. Once lost, that legitimacy is difficult to recover.

— Jamelle Bouie

For the earliest period of the history of Israel, all that precedes the building of the temple, not a trace can be…

— Julius Wellhausen

“Among Jesus’ Jewish contemporaries no one questioned the legitimacy of divorce. The only question was what constituted adequate grounds;”

— Elaine Pagels

Self-ruled Taiwan cannot be expected to accept such an affront to the legitimacy of its government and the self-determination of the Taiwanese…

— Todd Akin