The legitimacy of the leadership depends on what that country thinks of its leaders. — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Government loses its claim to legitimacy when it fails to fulfill its obligations. — Martin L Gross Copy Share Image
The problem is the Palestinians don't recognize the legitimacy of Israel. — Ruth Wisse Copy Share Image
Force loses its legitimacy when it is used instead of free and open discussion. — Gustavo de Greiff Copy Share Image
Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make sure of the legitimacy of children. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The fancy term for what America has squandered in the past year and a half or so is legitimacy. — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it's not about… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Reaffirming the justice of the American system bolsters our legitimacy with allies, thereby encouraging further cooperation and improving our national security. — John Garamendi Copy Share Image
The fact that a crime might have been committed with impunity in the past may make it seem more familiar and less… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
A nation has the right to defend itself, but when it comes to the broader issue of peace and security, the legitimacy… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Justice has taken its course and the authority and legitimacy of the legal process must be respected. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
It is national parliaments, which are, and will remain, the true source of real democratic legitimacy and accountability in the EU. — David Cameron Copy Share Image
The proselytizing fanatic strengthens his own faith by converting others. The creed whose legitimacy is most easily challenged is likely to develop… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“Government in and of itself is the foremost agent for destroying order and imposing chaos." "To accept the legitimacy of the state… — L.K. Samuels Copy Share Image
There can be no reproach to pain unless we assume human dignity, there is no reason for restraints on pleasure unless we… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
The point is not where Barack Obama was born, the point is is that we've got congressmen on the Democratic side of… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Karabakh conflict has a strong influence on the political climate both in Azerbaijan and Armenia. It is obvious, too, that the Azerbaijani… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I hope President [Hamid] Karzai understands that our national security interests don't depend entirely on his decision there whether to allow a… — Rahm Emanuel Copy Share Image
We have to create a process which has legitimacy for the people of Syria. And we have to have a process where… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
When governments go too far to punish people for actions that are dissent rather than a real threat to the nation, they… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
“So why don’t Americans cheat? Because they think that their system is legitimate. People accept authority when they see that it treats… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Biblical backing for Mormon behavior is easy to find, although Mark Twain is reported to have denied its legitimacy to a Mormon.… — Dennis McKinsey Copy Share Image
As the corporation's size and power grew, so did the need to assuage people's fears of it. The corporation suffered its first… — Joel Bakan Copy Share Image
I would say the special experience of American wartime policy in the last 40 years, from Vietnam on, is that the war… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Further, democratic negotiators, or foreign negotiation specialists accepted to assist in the negotiations, may in a single stroke provide the dictators with… — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
“Only willing acceptance gives legitimacy for anything to exist permanently.” — Steven Redhead Copy Share Image
To put on the garment of legitimacy is the first aim of every coup. — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
America does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Change occurs when deeply felt private experiences are given public legitimacy. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
At every step Donald Trump has been - his legitimacy has been questioned. — Jonathan Karl Copy Share Image
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