Most centrist Democrats... try to distance themselves from controversies that recall the 1960s. There are journalistic centrists as well, who avoid hard… — Tom Hayden 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
We all want to be honest and draw lessons from the past, the WHO is the only international organization that has universal… — Angela Merkel 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
It may seem ironic that the judicial branch preserves its legitimacy through refraining from action on political questions. That concept was put… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think, though, if I had to look at the role of government and what it does in people's lives, I see… — Clarence Thomas 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
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
Desert Storm created the pattern for the American way of war that eventually prevailed in Kosovo. America learned from Vietnam that unilateral… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
The moment you stigmatize a whole group of people - for example, Muslims - then, obviously, you make the decent, law-abiding Muslims… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
The dominance of [an ideology] is shown by the fact that the dominated classes live their conditions of political existence through the… — Nicos Poulantzas 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
When you don't put your initials behind your name, and I've got tons of them, and when you talk about storytelling or… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Notwithstanding what some regard as the institutionalization of compassion, the transfer society quashes genuine virtue. Redistribution of income by means of government… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
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
I believe the Palestinians have never indicated a willingness to meet our minimum requirements, which are recognition of Israel's permanence and legitimacy… — Michael Oren 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
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 Copy Share Image
The only thing a lawyer won't question is the legitimacy of his mother. — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
I've laid out a plan for how we keep people safe here at home, and I've laid out a plan of how… — Carly Fiorina 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
To achieve effectiveness and legitimacy it is time to scrap the right of veto given to permanent members of the UN, or… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
Justice is the most "political" or institutional of the virtues. The legitimacy of a state rests upon its claim to do justice. — Alan Ryan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image