The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem. — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling. — Joshua Lederberg 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
Misuse of the Koran to provide legitimacy for violence is common, particularly in Europe, where terrorists tend not to be well-educated Muslims. — Mia Bloom 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
Strong states and blocs of strong states are the only source of power and legitimacy capable of driving an international agenda in… — Ian Bremmer Copy Share Image
“The excessive use of force creates legitimacy problems, and force without legitimacy leads to defiance, not submission.” — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
This country exists as the fulfillment of a promise made by God Himself. It would be ridiculous to ask it to account… — Golda Meir Copy Share Image
In New York -- whose subway trains in particular have been ''tattooed'' with an energy to put our own rude practitioners to… — Gilbert Adair Copy Share Image
With a nonviolent movement we are still inviting a strong reaction from the government or ruling authorities. We are inviting a powerful… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
Whether the proposed constitution is approved or rejected . . . it is a process and a text largely crafted and imposed… — Phyllis Bennis Copy Share Image
At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do,… — Felicia Day Copy Share Image
Until the culture recognizes the legitimacy of growing down, each person in the culture struggles blindly to make sense of the darkness… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
Muslims are the primary victims of ISIS. Muslims are the ones who want to do the most to defeat this ideology. It's… — Dalia Mogahed Copy Share Image
America needs fewer laws, not more prisons. By trying to seize far more power than is necessary over American citizens, the federal… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Obasanjo has openly endorsed violence as a means of governance, embraced and empowered individuals whose avowed declarations, confessions and acts are cynically… — Wole Soyinka 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 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
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
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
[The American public demands] a sense of legitimacy from and in the presidency. There is more to this than dignity, more than… — James David Barber 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
You can understand why the original framers of judicial ethics thought it would be undignified and would call into question the legitimacy… — Deborah Rhode Copy Share Image
“This is called the “principle of legitimacy,” and legitimacy is based on three things. First of all, the people who are asked… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Self-ruled Taiwan cannot be expected to accept such an affront to the legitimacy of its government and the self-determination of the Taiwanese… — Todd Akin Copy Share Image
With Iran's long history of lies and non-cooperation, why are we talking to them? Why are we giving them legitimacy? — Neil Cavuto Copy Share Image
For the earliest period of the history of Israel, all that precedes the building of the temple, not a trace can be… — Julius Wellhausen Copy Share Image
Democracy depends on the legitimacy of the process for winning and exchanging power. Once lost, that legitimacy is difficult to recover. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
“Among Jesus’ Jewish contemporaries no one questioned the legitimacy of divorce. The only question was what constituted adequate grounds;” — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
The only justification for our concepts and systems of concepts is that they serve to represent the complex of our experiences; beyond… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative… — Emma Bonino Copy Share Image
The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as… — Carol P. Christ Copy Share Image
The Chinese government is quickly losing its ideological legitimacy, maintain its rule with force, but cannot draw strength from the ideology of… — Steve Forbes Copy Share Image
Unless the power of the corporation can be organized on an accepted principle of legitimacy, it will be taken over by a… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
“Like how the government of General Abacha was using its foreign policy to legitimize itself in the eyes of other African countries.” — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 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
Respect for human rights is not social work; it is not merely an act of compassion. It is the first obligation of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or… — Atal Bihari Vajpayee Copy Share Image
The legitimacy of a war is not established by how it is organized but by what it achieves. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on… — Samuel Alito 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 recount. Obviously the legitimacy of that government is an important component of it. My point is it shouldn't be the lynch pin for us deciding whether…” quote by Rahm Emanuel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/rahm-emanuel-4413_components_i-hope-president-hamid-karzai-understand_646525.jpg)
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