“The proselytizing fanatic strengthens his own faith by converting others. The creed whose legitimacy is most easily challenged is likely to develop the strongest proselytizing impulse.” ImpulseStrongestCreedsFanaticsLegitimacyConvertingProselytizing Book:THE TRUE BELIEVER Source: THE TRUE BELIEVER
“For the institutions of the European Union are at present incomplete. A European Senate is badly needed to complete them. By creating an upper chamber in the European parliament, a new bridge could be built between national political classes, which retain democratic legitimacy, and the decision-making process in Brussels. Such a Senate should be recruited by indirect election from exisiting national parliaments.” ShouldPoliticalProcessDecisionClassNeededCreatingBuiltElectionInstitutionsUnionsDemocraticBridgesDecision MakingSenateParliamentChamberIncompleteEuropean UnionLegitimacyIndirectBrusselsDecision Making Process Author:Larry Siedentop
“All empires have depended on local legitimacy and local collaboration; they are not based primarily on coercion. An imperial rule that relies wholly on coercion can't endure. It's too expensive.” EndureLocalsRelyExpensiveEmpiresCollaborationCoercionLegitimacy Author:Niall Ferguson
“The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem.” ProblemIssuesSeriousCrisisInstitutionsInternationalLegitimacy Author:Mo Ibrahim
“This trial cannot be separated from the process of the historical struggle in Palestine that continues today between the Zionist Movement and the Palestinian people, a struggle that centers on Palestinian land, history, civilization, culture and identityAs for your judicial apparatus, which is where this court comes from: it is one of the instruments of the occupation whose function is to give the cover of legal legitimacy to the crimes of the occupation, in addition to consecrating its systems and allowing the imposition of these systems on our people through force.” PeopleGivingTodayCultureForceProcessStruggleLandCrimeMovementCivilizationFunctionInstrumentsCourtHistoricalTrialsOccupationAllowingPalestinianPalestineJudicialZionistLegitimacyImposition Author:Ahmad Sa'adat
“The US and Israel have demanded further that Palestinians not only recognize Israel's rights as a state in the international system, but that they also recognize Israel's abstract right to exist, a concept that has no place in international law or diplomacy, and a right claimed by no one. In effect, the US and Israel are demanding that Palestinians . . . formally accept the legitimacy of their expulsion from their own land. They cannot be expected to accept that, just as Mexico does not grant the US the right to exist on half of Mexico's territory, gained by conquest.” DoeStatesLawHalfAcceptingRightsLandEffectsConceptsInternationalIsraelExpectedAbstractGrantsTerritoryMexicoPalestinianConquestDiplomacyLegitimacyInternational LawExpulsion Author:Noam Chomsky
“Once you take yourself off the pedestal, saying, "It's bad for you to torture, but for us, this is our national security, so we're gonna do it". You can't live that way and the United States doesn't need to do it, it shouldn't do it, and I think a Democratic administration, whoever the democratic president is, will repudiate that kind of conduct. I think it was an overreaction caused by a lot of different strains of thought in the administration. I think it was clearly wrong and I think that repudiation, which will come from the United States, will be a key in restoring America's legitimacy.” ThinkingWayNeedsKindDifferentStatesAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSecurityKeysDemocraticAdministrationTortureNational SecurityStrainPedestalLegitimacyRestoringOverreaction Author:Wesley Clark
“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.” PeopleWorldWantBelieveCountryForceCausesEffortActivityGainsLogicRegardAimIsraelOccupationPalestineRuthlessSettlementApartheidLegitimacyCountries Of The World Author:Mahmoud Abbas
“Until the culture recognizes the legitimacy of growing down, each person in the culture struggles blindly to make sense of the darkness that the soul requires to deepen into life.” PersonsSoulCultureDarknessStruggleGrowingMake SenseLegitimacy Author:James Hillman
“Throughout the world, the very moment a legitimate government starts fascist implementations, it loses its legitimacy! When a government becomes illegitimate, it is no longer a government but an outlaw!” WorldMomentsGovernmentLosesFascistsOutlawLegitimacyImplementationLegitimate Government Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“So, I am a b*stard, and the English are b*stards. But the really bad news is that you are too. My vision of Europe would be Europe of b*stards for whom the question of legitimacy was a site of endless struggle and contestation.” Would BeVisionStruggleNewsEuropeEndlessSiteBad NewsLegitimacy Author:Simon Critchley
“Democracy gives the aura of legitimacy to acts that would otherwise be considered tyranny.” GivingDemocracyTyrannyAurasLegitimacy Author:Walter E. Williams
“Notwithstanding what some regard as the institutionalization of compassion, the transfer society quashes genuine virtue. Redistribution of income by means of government coercion is a form of theft. Its supporters attempt to disguise its essential character by claiming that democratic procedures give it legitimacy, but this justification is specious. Theft is theft, whether it be carried out by one thief or by a hundred million thieves acting in concert. And it is impossible to found a good society on the institutionalization of theft.” GivingMeanCharacterGovernmentFormFoundActingCompassionMillionsVirtueImpossibleEssentialsHundredRegardDemocraticGenuineIncomeConcertsThievesJustificationDisguiseSupporterProceduresTheftCoercionTransfersLegitimacy Author:Robert Higgs
“Muslims are the primary victims of ISIS. Muslims are the ones who want to do the most to defeat this ideology. It's important that we don't do their propaganda for them, by giving them the legitimacy that they crave.” WantGivingImportantVictimDefeatIdeologyPrimariesPropagandaCraveIsisLegitimacy Author:Dalia Mogahed
“The lack of quality dance music and the fact that here in the United States, house music is not seen as anything viable by the music industry. I figured that this might be another shot at the industry looking at the possibilities of house music and giving it a little bit more legitimacy than what they give it. It's a host of different things, but it's something that I needed to say musically.” GivingLittlesDifferentStatesFactsMightHouseBitsUnitedQualityUnited StatesPossibilityIndustryNeededLittle BitMusic IsShotsDifferent ThingsHostMusic IndustryLegitimacyDance MusicHouse Music Author:Frankie Knuckles
“Misuse of the Koran to provide legitimacy for violence is common, particularly in Europe, where terrorists tend not to be well-educated Muslims.” WellsCommonViolenceEuropeTerroristEducatedLegitimacyMisuseWell Educated Author:Mia Bloom
“We have to destroy their caliphate because that gives them legitimacy to go ahead with the global Jihad. We have to take their energy because they are - ISIS is the richest terrorist organization there is.” GivingEnergyOrganizationTerroristIsisLegitimacyJihad Author:Benjamin Carson
“I have compromised down the line. I've disliked it intensely in the old days when you were trying to talk race relations and they would not allow you to talk about the legitimacies of race relations. In the old days, you didn't talk about black, you talked about Eskimo or American Indian, and the American Indian was assumed not to be a problem area.” TryingProblemBlackLinesRaceAreasRelationIndianRace RelationsOld DaysAmerican IndianLegitimacy Author:Rod Serling
“I've laid out a plan for how we keep people safe here at home, and I've laid out a plan of how we wage war and win by denying ISIS territory overseas. We must deny them their territory because the territory that they've conquered because Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama declared victory in Iraq and against every generals advice withdrew all of our troops, leaving a vacuum, weaponry, territory for ISIS to conquer, that territory, their caliphate, is that from which they draw legitimacy, potency, credibility. We have to deny them that territory.” PeopleWarHomeWinningPlansAdviceVictorySafeDrawsClintonLeavingIraqDenyConquerBarackTerritoryTroopsCredibilityIsisVacuumsLegitimacyOur TroopsPotencyWeaponry Author:Carly Fiorina
“Strong states and blocs of strong states are the only source of power and legitimacy capable of driving an international agenda in today's world.” WorldStatesTodayStrongSourceCapableInternationalDrivingAgendasLegitimacyToday's World Author:Ian Bremmer
“I mean,you will have an Afghan government. There are two roads here. One is obviously a run-off election or a negotiated settlement. But what's most important about that process is that there's a credibility and a legitimacy to the government at the end of that process. So which road they choose, that's up to them. It must have - be legitimate and credible in the eyes of the Afghan people.” PeopleMeanTwoImportantEndsGovernmentEyeRunningProcessElectionCredibilitySettlementCredibleLegitimacyAfghanTwo Roads Author:Rahm Emanuel
“I've not been to Afghanistan or - but what people are clearly pointing to is that it becomes more difficult to have it. You could do it. I think weather is a factor. The most important factor though is credibility and legitimacy. What I wanted earlier to say is what I think Senator [John] Kerry is pointing to, which is important, is the strategic review on whether to send more troops is only one piece of the puzzle, important piece.” PeopleThinkingImportantWantedDifficultPiecesWeatherFactorsReviewsAfghanistanTroopsSenatorsPuzzlesPointingCredibilityStrategicOne PieceLegitimacyJohn Kerry Author:Rahm Emanuel
“I hope President [Hamid] Karzai understands that our national security interests don't depend entirely on his decision there whether to allow a recount. Obviously the legitimacy of that government is an important component of it. My point is it shouldn't be the lynch pin for us deciding whether we're going to protect our national security interests in that region.” ImportantGovernmentPresidentInterestDecisionSecurityDependsProtectRegionsNational SecurityComponentsPinsLegitimacy Author:Rahm Emanuel
“You can understand why the original framers of judicial ethics thought it would be undignified and would call into question the legitimacy of the judicial decision-making process to have mudslinging by judges, but the way that we hobble people of enormous integrity from defending themselves is, I think, deeply problematic in states where you have an elected judiciary, or a judge is subject to recall.” PeopleThinkingWayStatesWould BeProcessDecisionSubjectsJudgingIntegrityEthicsOriginalsEnormousDecision MakingRecallsJudicialJudiciaryLegitimacyFramersDecision Making Process Author:Deborah Rhode
“I do think the whole question of judicial accountability is a complicated one. On the one hand, you want to encourage judicial independence. And it's always, I think, problematic when an unpopular decision triggers a recall election. Because it sends a disempowering message to judges. On the other hand, it's the only way that voters have to rein in someone whose views are really so out of the mainstream of public opinion that they jeopardize the legitimacy of the judicial process.” ThinkingWayWantWholeHandsProcessDecisionViewsOpinionJudgingMessagesElectionIndependenceComplicatedAccountabilityVotersMainstreamRecallsPublic OpinionTriggersJudicialReinsLegitimacyJeopardizeUnpopular Decisions Author:Deborah Rhode
“I was democratically elected leader of our party for a new kind of politics by 60% of Labour members and supporters, and I will not betray them by resigning. Today's vote on Brexit has no constitutional legitimacy.” KindTodayPartyLeaderMembersVoteLabourBetraySupporterLegitimacyResigningElected Leaders Author:Jeremy Corbyn
“It is national parliaments, which are, and will remain, the true source of real democratic legitimacy and accountability in the EU.” RealSourceDemocraticAccountabilityParliamentLegitimacy Author:David Cameron
“When you don't put your initials behind your name, and I've got tons of them, and when you talk about storytelling or love or gratitude, you're diminishing your legitimacy and importance in this world.” WorldNamesBehindsThis WorldGratitudeImportanceStorytellingInitialsLegitimacy Author:Brené Brown
“It may seem ironic that the judicial branch preserves its legitimacy through refraining from action on political questions. That concept was put forward best by Justice [Felix] Frankfurter, appointed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.” MaySeemsActionPoliticalPresidentJusticeConceptsPreservesBranchesIronicFranklinJudicialLegitimacyFranklin Delano RooseveltJudicial Branch Author:Sam Brownback
“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
“The Declaration of Independence has been called, with some justice, the most revolutionary document in human history, in that it placed the individual person first in the political scheme of things and made the legitimacy of governments and ruling classes contingent on their success at preserving individual rights.” FirstsHumansPersonsHas BeensMadeGovernmentPoliticalIndividualJusticeClassRightsIndependenceRevolutionarySchemesDocumentsDeclarationRulingHuman HistoryDeclaration Of IndependenceLegitimacyIndividual Rights Author:Alan Bock
“Both India and Pakistan have a long history of deploying rhetorical strategies to skirt the issue of plebiscite or complete secession of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. When feeling particularly belligerent Pakistan cries itself hoarse declaring the legitimacy of plebiscite held under United Nations auspices in J & K; India responds just as aggressively by demanding the complete withdrawal of Pakistani troops from the territory of pre-partition J & K; or, in a moment of neighborly solicitude, for conversion of the LOC to a permanent International border.” LongStatesMomentsFeelingsNationsUnitedIssuesCryIndiaStrategyInternationalConversionFormerPermanentBordersTerritoryTroopsPakistanUnited NationsSkirtsWithdrawalLegitimacyDeclaringRhetoricalKashmirPartitionSecessionSolicitudeIndia And PakistanDeployingLocsJammuJammu And KashmirRhetorical Strategies Author:Nyla Ali Khan
“There's a team of filmmakers who follow me in the streets when I'm finding these models, to give me a sense of legitimacy to a casual stranger. This is New York City. No one's going to follow you back to your studio.” GivingCitiesTeamStreetsNew YorkFindingsModelsGive MeStudiosStrangerFilmmakerNew York CityCasualFollow MeLegitimacy Author:Kehinde Wiley
“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
“You have extreme poverty and high crime and you have to admit that the governance of the Kabul regime has been poor and has been losing its popular legitimacy. You have a corrupt police force, not to mention homelessness, joblessness. The problems are huge.” Has BeensProblemForcePoorPovertyCrimeHugeLosingPoliceExtremesRegimesJoblessnessGovernanceHomelessnessLegitimacyPolice ForceExtreme PovertyKabul Author:Khaled Hosseini
“When you try to sow the seeds of doubt in people`s minds about the legitimacy of our election, that undermines democracy. Then you`re doing the work of our adversaries for them.” PeopleTryingMindDemocracyDoubtElectionSeedsAdversariesLegitimacy Author:Barack Obama
“[ Donald Trump] deference to the president [Barack Obama] whose legitimacy he questioned.” PresidentTrumpBarackPresident Barack ObamaLegitimacyDeference Author:George Stephanopoulos
“You have to convince the adults that if a child is to learn his culture, he or she will have to see his mother and father reading about it, and explaining it to him. Then it gets a legitimacy it otherwise would never have. Until then, his learning is limited.” IfsChildrenMotherCultureReadingFatherAdultsConvinceExplainingMother And FatherLegitimacy Author:John Henrik Clarke
“A nation has the right to defend itself, but when it comes to the broader issue of peace and security, the legitimacy rests only with the Security Council.” NationsIssuesSecurityCouncilLegitimacySecurity CouncilPeace And Security Author:Kofi Annan
“Donald Trump is going to put his hand on the Bible in five days. And I think it's incredibly disappointing, and I think it's irresponsible for people like himself to question the legitimacy of the next United States president.” PeopleThinkingStatesHandsNextPresidentUnitedUnited StatesFiveTrumpIrresponsibleDisappointingLegitimacy Author:Reince Priebus
“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.” KnowsStatesNextPresidentUnitedUnited StatesHeyWorriedGet BackQuestioningTweetLegitimacyBack To Work Author:John Lewis
“We're not questioning the legitimacy of the outcome of the election. You didn't have Republicans questioning whether or not [Barack] Obama legitimately beat John McCain in 2008.” RepublicanBeatsElectionBarackOutcomesQuestioningMccainLegitimacy Author:John Lewis
“That issue has been resolved for years now, and it's been resolved for at least two years in Donald Trump's mind. And to bring that up as justification for John Lewis questioning the legitimacy of a democratic activity that is - has been around since the beginning of our country is wrong.” YearsMindHas BeensTwoCountryIssuesTrumpActivityDemocraticOur CountryTwo YearsQuestioningJustificationLegitimacy Author:John Lewis
“The point is not where Barack Obama was born, the point is is that we've got congressmen on the Democratic side of the aisle that are questioning the legitimacy of President-elect [Donald] Trump who won in an electoral landslide.” SidesPresidentBornTrumpDemocraticBarackQuestioningCongressmanAisleLegitimacyLandslides Author:John Lewis
“Incredible how unnecessary it [questions the legitimacy of President-elect Donald Trump] was, because John Lewis was articulating something that most Democrats simply aren't, calling Trump illegitimate.” PresidentTrumpCallingDemocratIncrediblesUnnecessaryLegitimacyArticulating Author:Jason Chaffetz
“When governments go too far to punish people for actions that are dissent rather than a real threat to the nation, they risk delegitimizing not just their systems of justice, but the legitimacy of the government itself. Because when they bring political charges against people for acts that were clearly at least intended to work in the public interest, they deny them the opportunity to mount a public-interest defense.” PeopleRealGovernmentActionPoliticalOpportunityNationsInterestJusticeRiskThreatDenyDefenseDissentLegitimacyPublic Interest Author:Edward Snowden
“We have to create a process which has legitimacy for the people of Syria. And we have to have a process where the Russians and the Iranians and the neighbors - all of them, Saudis, Turks, Qataris, a very complicated brew - that you have to bring them together and they can find agreement. That's the fundamental premise of the Geneva Communique that you will have, by mutual consent, a process of transition.” PeopleTogetherProcessFundamentalsComplicatedNeighborAgreementMutualTransitionSyriaConsentPremisesSaudisLegitimacyGeneva Author:John F. Kerry
“At every step Donald Trump has been - his legitimacy has been questioned.” Has BeensStepsTrumpEvery StepLegitimacy Author:Jonathan Karl
“Donald Trump feels like he doesn't get the credit for being a legitimate president. He should have therapy over that legitimacy thing.” FeelsShouldPresidentTrumpShould HaveCreditTherapyLegitimacy Author:Stephanie Cutter