power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength…

...nobody would think of asking the U.N. General Assembly what it thinks because it is dominated by nations with no power and less legitimacy

— Dick Morris

Strong states and blocs of strong states are the only source of power and legitimacy capable of driving an international agenda in today's world.

— Ian Bremmer

Until the culture recognizes the legitimacy of growing down, each person in the culture struggles blindly to make sense of the darkness that the…

— James Hillman

The legitimacy of coercive acts in a democracy arises from the process by which they are justified and by the degree to which we…

— Michael Ignatieff

The Declaration of Independence has been called, with some justice, the most revolutionary document in human history, in that it placed the individual person…

— Alan Bock

Because war and preparations for war have acquired legitimacy, and because of the tremendous proliferation of arms through production and export, so that they…

— Alva Myrdal

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

— Thomas Piketty

Society gives legitimacy and society can take it away.

— Willis Harman

America does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.

— Barack Obama

To question the legitimacy of the next United States president, you know, and you're worried about a tweet that says, hey, why don't you…

— John Lewis

I'm not going to question Brock's legitimacy.

— Frank Mir

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

— Todd Akin

A nation has the right to defend itself, but when it comes to the broader issue of peace and security, the legitimacy rests only…

— Kofi Annan

Karabakh conflict has a strong influence on the political climate both in Azerbaijan and Armenia. It is obvious, too, that the Azerbaijani leadership can…

— Garry Kasparov

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and…

— Colin Powell