Legitimate Quotes

463 quotes by 406 authors

We have a way of dealing with information that has sort of personal - personally identifying information in it. But there are legitimate secrets -… — Julian Assange
The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any… — Charles Babbage
Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging… — Pope Benedict XVI
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival. — Wendell Berry
The people who are worried about privacy have a legitimate worry. But we live in a complex world where you're going to have to have… — Michael Bloomberg
Jihad is holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam, meaning to purify oneself or one's community. — John O. Brennan
Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision to proceed with dispatch with respect to his materials. — William J. Brennan
It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents. — Samuel Butler
In the United States, there is a restaurant called The Outback Steakhouse, and I could survive in there for several weeks at least, sustaining myself… — Steve Carell
No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having… — George Washington Carver
We will have a border that is open for business, open for tourism, open for legitimate travelers; but that is closed to terrorists and drug… — Paul Cellucci
Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate. — Nicolas Chamfort
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it. — James Allen
The acceptance of the facts of African-American history and the African-American historian as a legitimate part of the academic community did not come easily. Slavery… — John Henrik Clarke
You feel sometimes when you hear analysts and knowledgeable people talking about Iran that they fear so much about the survival of the regime, because… — Hillary Clinton
I think we have to face the reality that in a society where there is a legitimate threat of terrorism, not being able to see… — Hillary Clinton
There is, of course, a legitimate argument for some limitation upon immigration. We no longer need settlers for virgin lands, and our economy is expanding… — John F. Kennedy
Evolution in the biosphere is therefore a necessarily irreversible process defining a direction in time; a direction which is the same as that enjoined by… — Jacques Monod
I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies. — Charles XII of Sweden
It is only when aggression is legitimate that one can expect prodigies of valour. — Michel Ney

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