International legitimacy is a fundamental source of power for Israel nowadays. — Ehud Barak Copy Share Image
To put on the garment of legitimacy is the first aim of every coup. — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
“Only willing acceptance gives legitimacy for anything to exist permanently.” — Steven Redhead Copy Share Image
America does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The United Nations offers international legitimacy in what we might do. — Anthony Zinni Copy Share Image
Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose ethnic composition is taken for granted. — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay the foundations for democracy. — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
I already have legitimacy as a filmmaker and now I'm trying to do stuff that's just fun. Until I find a cool… — John Singleton 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 results have no relation to reality. We won't give legitimacy to something that is illegitimate. — Ayman Nour 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
President Obama himself has attributed the legitimacy of the Jewish State not to its historic identity as Jewish territory, but to the… — Ben Shapiro 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
International law in its counter-hegemonic uses is very important in any domain where issues of legitimacy are significant, but is rarely able… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
Violence from protesters themselves is extremely rare, but has been made into a talking point by those who stand to benefit from… — Nate Powell Copy Share Image
The legitimacy of the leadership depends on what that country thinks of its leaders. When we lay off, more and more Iranians… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships.… — Nancy Meyers Copy Share Image
The Court's legitimacy arises from the source of its authority - which is, of course, the Constitution - and is best preserved… — Diane S. Sykes Copy Share Image
You have extreme poverty and high crime and you have to admit that the governance of the Kabul regime has been poor… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
When you're an artist, nobody ever tells you or hits you with the magic wand of legitimacy. You have to hit your… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
The Social License is fundamentally about accountability to people and not just powerful interests. John Morrison’s book reminds all organizations – governments,… — Kumi Naidoo 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
For the institutions of the European Union are at present incomplete. A European Senate is badly needed to complete them. By creating… — Larry Siedentop 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
The danger is not only that these austerity measures are killing the European economies but also that they threaten the very legitimacy… — Ha-Joon Chang 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
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
“The so-called spiritual inquiry must necessarily address questions of authority and power since both individuals and the organizations that represent them generally… — Daniel Waterman Copy Share Image
Our civilization is locked in the grip of an ideology - corporatism. An ideology that denies and undermines the legitimacy of individuals… — John Ralston Saul 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
Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Global actions require local and national participation. International cooperation and action requires community perspectives and legitimacy if it is to be effective. — Ian Goldin 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
The fancy term for what America has squandered in the past year and a half or so is legitimacy. — Todd Gitlin 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
[ Donald Trump] deference to the president [Barack Obama] whose legitimacy he questioned. — George Stephanopoulos Copy Share Image
Is the Church fulfilling a purely religious role when by its silence or friendly relationships it lends legitimacy to dictatorial and oppressive… — Gustavo Gutiérrez Copy Share Image
“power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tepmts empty posturing.” — Henry Kissinger Copy Share Image
The court can, and must, only maintain its legitimacy through the dispensation of justice, not by coercion and censorship. — Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Copy Share Image
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