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108 Legitimacy quotes by 89 unique authors

In November 2000, the Republicans stole from America our most precious right of all: the right to free and fair elections... Now President Bush occupies… — Cynthia McKinney
In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be… — Sandra Day O'Connor
The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security… — Colin Powell
The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group… — Atal Bihari Vajpayee
At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy.… — Felicia Day
The appearance in nineteenth-century psychiatry, jurisprudence, and literature of a whole series of discourses on the species and subspecies of homosexuality, inversion, pederasty, and "psychic… — Michel Foucault
The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only… — Albert Einstein
There can be no reproach to pain unless we assume human dignity, there is no reason for restraints on pleasure unless we assume human worth,… — Ravi Zacharias
Nick spoke again. "Her legitimacy will be questioned." Gabriel thought for several moments. "If our mother married her father, it means that the marchioness must… — Sarah MacLean
Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make sure of the legitimacy of children. — Bertrand Russell
The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy… — Albert Einstein
Global actions require local and national participation. International cooperation and action requires community perspectives and legitimacy if it is to be effective. — Ian Goldin
The fact that a crime might have been committed with impunity in the past may make it seem more familiar and less gruesome, but surely… — Jonathan Kozol
As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay the foundations for democracy. — Mohamed ElBaradei
Everything needs to be public. The legitimacy of the courts comes from the fact that they reason openly, on the record, based on facts. — Jed S. Rakoff
President Obama himself has attributed the legitimacy of the Jewish State not to its historic identity as Jewish territory, but to the Holocaust. — Ben Shapiro
Today, parliaments are more important because of the need of legitimacy, of the popular legitimacy, of public opinion legitimacy of politics. Parliaments are, at the… — Enrico Letta
Desert Storm created the pattern for the American way of war that eventually prevailed in Kosovo. America learned from Vietnam that unilateral use of force… — Michael Ignatieff
The legitimacy of coercive acts in a democracy arises from the process by which they are justified and by the degree to which we regard… — Michael Ignatieff
What makes the United Nations an appropriate source of legitimacy for intervention is that it is the only place where the claims of the strong… — Michael Ignatieff
The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem. — Mo Ibrahim
For citizens to become fully engaged in holding their leadership to account, accurate information is required to see where action is needed, to measure the… — Mo Ibrahim
Government loses its claim to legitimacy when it fails to fulfill its obligations. — Martin L. Gross
Jesus was not denying the legitimacy of biblical law. On the contrary, He was affirming biblical law. We love God first; God commands us to… — Gary North
I really would have been stupid not to have done it. It was also a film that was actually happening, I mean, Miramax was doing… — Adam Arkin

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