The report produced by my commission, the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy and Security, in 2012 showed the corrosive impact of money… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of 'the Haves' over the… — David Korten Copy Share Image
All empires have depended on local legitimacy and local collaboration; they are not based primarily on coercion. An imperial rule that relies… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
The only resolution is for the aspirations of both sides to be met through two states, where Israelis and Palestinians each live… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I was democratically elected leader of our party for a new kind of politics by 60% of Labour members and supporters, and… — Jeremy Corbyn Copy Share Image
“Legitimacy involves the capacity of a political system to engender and maintain the belief that existing political institutions are the most appropriate… — Seymour Martin Lipset Copy Share Image
We need a reform of the Security Council. It must be perceived as truly representative by all the 191 member states, to… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power… — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
“When people in authority want the rest of us to behave, it matters - first and foremost - how they behave. This… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
As we see, this is an illegal state; it is a cancerous entity and the root of all the crises and wars… — Hassan Nasrallah Copy Share Image
The US and Israel have demanded further that Palestinians not only recognize Israel's rights as a state in the international system, but… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If we are perceived by the rest of the world as employing a double standard in the way that we pursue the… — David D. Cole Copy Share Image
There is no reason to accept the doctrines crafted to sustain power and privilege, or to believe that we are constrained by… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
To be true to its constitutional role, the Supreme Court should refuse to be drawn into making public policy, and it should… — Mark Levin Copy Share Image
“This is called the “principle of legitimacy,” and legitimacy is based on three things. First of all, the people who are asked… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
You can understand why the original framers of judicial ethics thought it would be undignified and would call into question the legitimacy… — Deborah Rhode Copy Share Image
People tend to overlook the fact that North Korea's economy collapsed at about the same time as South Koreans lost faith in… — Brian Reynolds Myers Copy Share Image
We have to destroy their caliphate because that gives them legitimacy to go ahead with the global Jihad. We have to take… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
There are certain indicia of marriage - certain legal and social consequences and certain legitimacy - which if given to some relationship… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
The idea of legitimacy is something I suppose I deal with in my fiction, and in part it's probably a response to… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
To question the legitimacy of the next United States president, you know, and you're worried about a tweet that says, hey, why… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
“The legitimacy of something is not dependent upon my ability to explain it, for my inability to explain something often evidences the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
I think that's where we can both seize upon the contradictions and push them to limits that these people would not consider,… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Any international system must have two key elements for it to work. One, it has to have a certain equilibrium of power… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I think there's a preoccupation with the American market to make excuses and justify its past. If it isn't current, it means… — Leon Redbone Copy Share Image
[The integrative system] deals with such matters as respect, legitimacy, community, friendship, affection, love, and of course their opposites, across a broad… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
We often imagine that the court serves as a sort of neutral umpire controlling the warring political branches. But this is mostly… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
For citizens to become fully engaged in holding their leadership to account, accurate information is required to see where action is needed,… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
We're trying to be very careful and precise in our use of language, because I think the language we use and the… — John O. Brennan Copy Share Image
Incredible how unnecessary it [questions the legitimacy of President-elect Donald Trump] was, because John Lewis was articulating something that most Democrats simply… — Jason Chaffetz Copy Share Image
The lack of quality dance music and the fact that here in the United States, house music is not seen as anything… — Frankie Knuckles Copy Share Image
Legal systems, at both the national and international level, are therefore required to recognize, guarantee and protect religious freedom, which is a… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Sycophancy toward those who hold power is a fact in every regime, and especially in a democracy, where, unlike tyranny, there is… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
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