Top 265 Legitimacy Quotes & Sayings

An Anarchist is anyone who denies the necessity and legitimacy of government; the question of his methods of attacking it is foreign to the definition.

America does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.

The problem is the Palestinians don't recognize the legitimacy of Israel.

Justice has taken its course and the authority and legitimacy of the legal process must be respected.

The only thing a lawyer won't question is the legitimacy of his mother.

To question the legitimacy of the next United States president, you know, and you're worried about a tweet that says, hey, why don't you get back to work instead of questioning my legitimacy? Too bad.

The court can, and must, only maintain its legitimacy through the dispensation of justice, not by coercion and censorship.

We don't need legitimacy. We exist. Therefore we are legitimate.

Respect for human rights is not social work; it is not merely an act of compassion. It is the first obligation of government and the source of its legitimacy.

Is the Church fulfilling a purely religious role when by its silence or friendly relationships it lends legitimacy to dictatorial and oppressive government?

It is national parliaments, which are, and will remain, the true source of real democratic legitimacy and accountability in the EU.

Speak the truth. Transparency breeds legitimacy.

Trade, tourism, cultural exchange, and participation in international institutions all serve to erode the legitimacy of repressive regimes.

The Chinese government is quickly losing its ideological legitimacy, maintain its rule with force, but cannot draw strength from the ideology of Marx and Mao.

...nobody would think of asking the U.N. General Assembly what it thinks because it is dominated by nations with no power and less legitimacy

The habit of disguising ideology as expertise has created a deficit of legitimacy.

Misuse of the Koran to provide legitimacy for violence is common, particularly in Europe, where terrorists tend not to be well-educated Muslims.

As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay the foundations for democracy.

To be a hegemon is inherently ambiguous, usually implying some mixture of dominance and legitimacy, that is, being seen as contributing global leadership in a generally benevolent manner.

The legitimacy of the leadership depends on what that country thinks of its leaders.

Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make sure of the legitimacy of children.

As success converts treason into legitimacy, so belief converts fiction into fact, and "nothing is but what is not.

I'm not going to question Brock's legitimacy.

Some Americans question Donald Trump's legitimacy as president. Others are angry any questioning occurs. Let's not forget that one of Donald Trump's claims to fame was precisely such questioning. He openly doubted the legitimacy - more than that, the citizenship - of President Barack Obama.

Legitimacy is the elixir of political power.

With a nonviolent movement we are still inviting a strong reaction from the government or ruling authorities. We are inviting a powerful reaction against ourselves. But it undermines the moral legitimacy of our current government. That is the path we need to pursue. Rather than reinforcing their legitimacy we need to undermine their legitimacy.

Everything needs to be public. The legitimacy of the courts comes from the fact that they reason openly, on the record, based on facts.

Government loses its claim to legitimacy when it fails to fulfill its obligations.

The legitimacy of a war is not established by how it is organized but by what it achieves.

Abetted by misguided or co-opted intellectuals, the rulers weave a cloak of legitimacy to disguise their theft and hence to ease their extraction of wealth from the rightful owners.

International legitimacy is a fundamental source of power for Israel nowadays.

To put on the garment of legitimacy is the first aim of every coup.

For the earliest period of the history of Israel, all that precedes the building of the temple, not a trace can be found of any sanctuary of exclusive legitimacy.

Change occurs when deeply felt private experiences are given public legitimacy.

The fancy term for what America has squandered in the past year and a half or so is legitimacy.

The Catalan institutions and political parties have to be consistent, because they have the democratic legitimacy of the ballot box and they can't pass certain responsibilities on to civil society.

Governments everywhere that are unable to guarantee equitable growth and social welfare have suffered a fatal decay of legitimacy.

Unless the power of the corporation can be organized on an accepted principle of legitimacy, it will be taken over by a Central government

Global actions require local and national participation. International cooperation and action requires community perspectives and legitimacy if it is to be effective.

This country exists as the fulfillment of a promise made by God Himself. It would be ridiculous to ask it to account for its legitimacy.

I already have legitimacy as a filmmaker and now I'm trying to do stuff that's just fun. Until I find a cool tangible subject again that I want to tackle.

The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem.

People have been skeptical of the Women's March on Washington. Our legitimacy only came from us proving to the rest of the world that we're capable.

The danger is not only that these austerity measures are killing the European economies but also that they threaten the very legitimacy of European democracies - not just directly by threatening the livelihoods of so many people and pushing the economy into a downward spiral, but also indirectly by undermining the legitimacy of the political system through this backdoor rewriting of the social contract.

I think continued actions by Bashar al-Assad clearly call into any question of him expecting to have any legitimacy to continue as the leader of Syria. With each of those actions, like attack with conventional weapons, barrel bombs and block humanitarian aid he really undermines his own legitimacy.

Further, democratic negotiators, or foreign negotiation specialists accepted to assist in the negotiations, may in a single stroke provide the dictators with the domestic and international legitimacy that they had been previously denied because of their seizure of the state, human rights violations, and brutalities. Without that desperately needed legitimacy, the dictators cannot continue to rule indefinitely.

[ Donald Trump] deference to the president [Barack Obama] whose legitimacy he questioned.

Every Missourian should be confident in the legitimacy of their vote and take pride in the strength and security of our elections here in Missouri.

Donald Trump feels like he doesn't get the credit for being a legitimate president. He should have therapy over that legitimacy thing.

The United Nations offers international legitimacy in what we might do.

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 of countries.

Under the French system, you have to take into consideration that every five years, the president is directly elected by the people. He's the one that has the legitimacy.

Democracy gives the aura of legitimacy to acts that would otherwise be considered tyranny.

Force loses its legitimacy when it is used instead of free and open discussion.

Governments that fail to provide jobs to those who are willing and able to work begin to lose their legitimacy and will face the anger of the electorate.

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 end of the day, the only true legitimacy.

Assad must go. He's lost the legitimacy to govern.

Unless the Security Council is restored to its pre-eminent position as the sole source of legitimacy on the use of force, we are on a dangerous path to anarchy.

The results have no relation to reality. We won't give legitimacy to something that is illegitimate.

Spoiling my ballot paper is the only way I can see of stripping the system of legitimacy, shaking it up, and reforming it so that it favours citizens.