“America needs fewer laws, not more prisons. By trying to seize far more power than is necessary over American citizens, the federal government is destroying its own legitimacy. We face a choice not of anarchy or authoritarianism, but a choice of limited government or unlimited government .” NeedsTryingGovernmentAmericaFacesLawChoicesCitizensPrisonAnarchyDestroyingFewerFederal GovernmentUnlimitedAuthoritarianismLimited GovernmentAmerican CitizensLegitimacyAuthoritarian Government Book:Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty Source: Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty
“The moment you stigmatize a whole group of people - for example, Muslims - then, obviously, you make the decent, law-abiding Muslims feel as if they're under threat in some way or that their legitimacy, as members or citizens of society, is brought into question.” PeopleIfsWayFeelsWholeMomentsLawGroupsExampleCitizensMembersThreatDecentAbidingLegitimacy Author:Tony Blair
“Mr. [Donald] Trump, for five years, you perpetuated a false claim that the nation's first black president was not a natural-born citizen. You questioned his legitimacy. In the last couple of weeks, you acknowledged what most Americans have accepted for years: The president was born in the United States.” YearsFirstsStatesLastsNationsBlackPresidentBornNaturalUnitedUnited StatesFiveWeekTrumpCoupleCitizensClaimsAcceptedFive YearsLegitimacy Author:Lester Holt
“The report produced by my commission, the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy and Security, in 2012 showed the corrosive impact of money in US politics, for example, which undermines the legitimacy of the democratic system in citizens' eyes. Such perceptions partly explain the rise of a phenomenon like the success of Donald Trump.” EyeDemocracySecurityExampleTrumpCitizensPerceptionElectionImpactDemocraticReportsPhenomenonLegitimacy Author:Kofi Annan