Legitimate Quotes

463 Legitimate quotes by 394 unique authors

Personally, I like it much better when someone else does the decision making. That way you have legitimate grounds to whine and complain. I tend… — Brandon Sanderson
You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer". — Byron Katie
We do not deny any nation's legitimate interest in security. But protecting the security of one nation by robbing another of its national independence and… — Ronald Reagan
Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own… — Sydney J. Harris
Why do you think great leaders and great orations are coincident with wars, revolutions, and the founding or ending of governments and states? Common interests… — Mark Helprin
There is a legitimate argument over whether the death penalty effectively deters violent crime, although my personal observation is that not one of the criminals… — Dinesh D'Souza
She sowed in my mind the idea that reality is not only what we see on the surface; it has a magical dimension as well… — Isabel Allende
So, why do I have so much fear in my life?" "Because you don't believe. You don't know that we love you. The person who… — William P. Young
Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement. — John Stuart Mill
But in order to speak about all and to all, one has to speak of what all know and of the reality common to us… — Albert Camus
English is the product of a Saxon warrior trying to make a date with an Angle bar-maid, and as such is no more legitimate than… — H. Beam Piper
The inferior position of blacks, the exclusion of Indians from the new society, the establishment of supremacy for the rich and powerful in the new… — Howard Zinn
Literature presents you with alternate mappings of the human experience. You see that the experiences of other people and other cultures are as rich, coherent,… — Chaim Potok
If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining,… — Bell Hooks
Generosity is the only legitimate selfishness. — Mario Benedetti
Boxing is a glorious sport to watch and boxers are incredible, heroic athletes, but it's also, to be honest, a stupid game to play. Even… — Jay-Z
We can begin the restructuring of thought by declaring legitimate what we have denied for so long. Lets us declare Nature to be legitimate. The… — Terence McKenna
A baboon in a forest is a matter of legitimate speculation; a baboon in a zoo is an object of public curiosity; but a baboon… — Winston Churchill
All theories are legitimate, no matter. What matters is what you do with them. — Jorge Luis Borges
There can be as many wrong reasons to do the right thing as there are stars in the sky. There might even be more than… — Donita K. Paul
A lot of people see doubt as legitimate philosophical posture. They think of themselves in the middle, whereas of course really, they're nowhere. — John le Carre
You must lay aside your greed; have no unworthy motive in your desire to become rich and powerful. It is legitimate and right to desire… — Wallace D. Wattles
No matter what you tell me, no matter how legitimate your reasons, I can never just forget about you, I can never push the years… — Haruki Murakami
I do not think stress is a legitimate topic of conversation, in public anyway. No one ever wants to hear how stressed out anyone else… — Mindy Kaling
Optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure. — Stephen King

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