Legitimacy Quotes

We don't need legitimacy. We exist. Therefore we are legitimate. Menachem Begin
Exist Legitimacy Legitimate Therefore Need
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 visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity. Sandra Day O'Connor
Leadership Eyes Path Every Visibly Citizenry Open Leaders Individuals Talented Qualified Cultivate Legitimacy Order Race Ethnicity Necessary Set
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. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Perception Country Group One Country UN Small Purpose Small Group Countries Than Legitimacy Interests Unique Larger Universal Flows
The thought of security bears within it an essential risk. A state which has security as its sole task and source of legitimacy is a fragile organism; it can always be provoked by terrorism to become more terroristic. Giorgio Agamben
Terrorism Thought Become State Sole Security Risk More Bears Within Always Source Provoked Task Essential Legitimacy Which Organism Fragile
Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the people of Palestine. We only aim to de-legitimize the settlement activities and the occupation and apartheid and the logic of ruthless force, and we believe that all the countries of the world stand with us in this regard. Mahmoud Abbas
People World Cause Believe Aim Settlement Our Logic Rather Only Ruthless Countries Force Occupation Israel Efforts Legitimacy Want Regard Gain Apartheid Us Stand Activities Palestine
I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion. Samuel Alito
Decision Made Perception Think Would Would-Be Case Undermined Court Opinion Any Legitimacy Public Public Opinion Based
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 it, and it had a kind of legitimacy to it. And once I read the script, I was there. Adam Arkin
Stupid Once Kind Would Miramax Had Also Read Doing Been Done Legitimacy Happening Script Mean Really Film Actually
The situation in the region is flammable and may explode at any moment, because of the crucial events and because of the absence of justice in executing the international legitimacy resolutions, regarding the Israeli Arab cause and the oppression on Palestinians by Israelis. Ali Abdullah Saleh
Justice Oppression Events Cause Situation Arab Absence Crucial Executing Because Israeli Israelis Any May Legitimacy Regarding Region Explode Moment International Palestinians Resolutions
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
Jewish State President State President Obama Obama Identity Himself Attributed Territory Historic Legitimacy Holocaust Jewish
The foundations of modern civil-rights law are exceptionally secure. Conservative judges nibble around the edges sometimes, and people still debate the constitutionality of affirmative-action programs. But almost no one seriously argues about the basic meaning or legitimacy of core civil-rights protections. Benjamin Wittes
People Conservative Law Sometimes Debate Seriously Programs Secure About Exceptionally No-One Almost Edges Judges Around Still Modern Legitimacy Meaning Foundations Basic Core
The court can, and must, only maintain its legitimacy through the dispensation of justice, not by coercion and censorship. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Justice Censorship Must Only Through Maintain Court Legitimacy Coercion
From the standpoint of democratic legitimacy, it's a problem if half the electorate, or close to it, declines to vote, not least because they may not feel much of a stake in the whole process. Cass Sunstein
Vote Problem Half Feel Democratic Because Least Close May Legitimacy Process Stake Much Electorate Standpoint Whole
The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power. Colin Powell
Peace Will Power Met Lose Lost Action States Security Security Council Unavoidable Purposes Council Demands Also Just Legitimacy Regime Enforced Should Doubted United United States Resolutions
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 the White House, but with questionable legitimacy. Cynthia McKinney
November Free White White House President President Bush Our Fair Most House Occupies Questionable Precious America Stole Legitimacy Republicans Bush Elections Now Right
There's certainly an attitude in some measure of the conservative movement that I believe won't accept the legitimacy of any Democratic president, and I think Obama did fall victim to that - witness the 'birthers.' David Brock
Attitude Conservative Witness Fall Victim Believe Think President Obama Some Democratic Accept Did Any Movement Legitimacy Certainly Measure
In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of 'the Haves' over the human rights of 'the Have Nots' is inevitably called into serious question. David Korten
Property Rights World Human Rights Increasing Give Property Rights Over Institutions Inequality Inevitably Question Precedence Human Legitimacy Serious
There can be no stronger claim to a physician's assistance than at the time when death is imminent, a moral judgment implied by the state's own recognition of the legitimacy of medical procedures necessarily hastening the moment of impending death. David Souter
Death Time Stronger Physician Judgment Own State Claim Recognition Moral Imminent Impending Implied Than Legitimacy Procedures Moment Medical Necessarily Assistance
International legitimacy is a fundamental source of power for Israel nowadays. Ehud Barak
Power Nowadays Israel Source Legitimacy International Fundamental
I think it's unfortunate that there exists only one path in America to complete social legitimacy, and that is marriage. I think, for instance, that it would be far easier for Americans to elect a black president or a female president than an unmarried president. Elizabeth Gilbert
Marriage Path Black Think President Complete Easier Unmarried Would Would-Be Only Instance Female Exists Than America American Legitimacy Unfortunate Social Far Elect
Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative referendum. Emma Bonino
Constitution First Only Open Step Fair First Step Referendum Discussion Representative Legitimacy Granted Drafting
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. Emmanuel Macron
You People Every President Consideration System Directly Take He French Years Five Legitimacy Elected By The People
The more material there is, the more need there is for filters. You don't need a printing press anymore, but you do need people who know how to cultivate sources, double-check information and put the brand of legitimacy on it. Howard Rheingold
You People Filters Press More Put Know Printing Printing Press How Material Cultivate Sources Brand Legitimacy Anymore Information Who Need
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
Needs Everything Record Fact Facts Openly Courts Legitimacy Public Reason Based
No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it's not about the solvency of Social Security. Joe Biden
You Debate Matter Security Solvency About How Real Accounts Personal Legitimacy Social Cut Social Security
Reaffirming the justice of the American system bolsters our legitimacy with allies, thereby encouraging further cooperation and improving our national security. John Garamendi
Justice National Our Further System Security Allies Encouraging American National Security Improving Legitimacy Thereby Cooperation
By the time President Obama took office, Guantanamo was viewed internationally as a symbol of a counterterrorism approach that flouted our laws and strayed from our values, undercutting the perceived legitimacy - and therefore the effectiveness - of our efforts. John O. Brennan
Time Values President Took Approach Our President Obama Obama Perceived Laws Counterterrorism Effectiveness Office Efforts Legitimacy Viewed Therefore Internationally Symbol Guantanamo By The Time
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