The excessive use of force creates legitimacy problems…

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Frank Mir

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

America does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.

— Barack Obama

Society gives legitimacy and society can take it away.

— Willis Harman

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

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

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

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

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

Despite its enormous power and wealth, China's ruling elite remains absolutely petrified that the free flow of information will undermine its political legitimacy, particularly…

— Tom Lantos