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“Karabakh conflict has a strong influence on the political climate both in Azerbaijan and Armenia. It is obvious, too, that the Azerbaijani leadership can capitalize indefinitely on this topic to underpin its legitimacy even in a situation in which democratic institutions are virtually eliminated.”

Political Strong Situation Influence Conflict Institutions Democratic Climate Obvious Topics Legitimacy Armenia Azerbaijan

Author:Garry Kasparov

“There are certain indicia of marriage - certain legal and social consequences and certain legitimacy - which if given to some relationship other than marriage between a man and a woman tend to degrade if not destroy the institution that's been honored over so many thousands of years.”

Ifs Men Years Certain Given Social Consequence Institutions Honored Degrade Legitimacy

Author:Dallin H. Oaks

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

Lost Legitimacy Assad

Author:Chuck Hagel

“Violence from protesters themselves is extremely rare, but has been made into a talking point by those who stand to benefit from breaking the perceived legitimacy of organized protest and resistance. Organized, disciplined nonviolent resistance is alive and well, and we see it all around us in cities across the country.”

Wells Has Beens Made Country Cities Talking Alive Violence Benefits Resistance Organized Protest Legitimacy Nonviolent Resistance

Author:Nate Powell

“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.”

Mixtures Contributing Dominance Benevolent Ambiguous Legitimacy Implying

Author:Richard A. Falk

“To achieve effectiveness and legitimacy it is time to scrap the right of veto given to permanent members of the UN, or at least severely restrict its use. It is also time to either abandon the idea of permanent membership or broaden it to reflect the rise of non-Western states to the status of global leaders (e.g. Brazil, India, Indonesia, Turkey, South Africa), and to downgrade European representation by either giving the European Union a single seat or rotating a European state among Germany, France, UK, and Italy.”

“International law in its counter-hegemonic uses is very important in any domain where issues of legitimacy are significant, but is rarely able to have a corresponding behavioural impact.”

Important Use Able Law Issues Impact International Significant Domain Legitimacy Corresponding International Law

Author:Richard A. Falk

“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.”

Eye Democracy Security Example Trump Citizens Perception Election Impact Democratic Reports Phenomenon Legitimacy

Author:Kofi Annan

“When the President of the United States attacks a movie star it is undignified and it casts a poor light on the United States of America. When the President of the United States attacks a sitting judge and questions his legitimacy, that actually can lead to a Constitutional crisis.”

States Light America Stars President Poor United United States Judging Sitting Crisis Casts United States Of America Movie Star Legitimacy

Author:Mika Brzezinski

“In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That's the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it.”

People Want Giving Believe Long Facts Lying Can Do Differences Fiction Commitment Prejudice Journalism Novelists Just One Contrast Legitimacy

Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“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.”

America House President White Republican Fairs Election White House President Bush November Legitimacy Questionable

Author:Cynthia McKinney

“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.”

Eye Order Individual Leadership Race Leader Path Qualified Ethnicity Legitimacy Citizenry Race Ethnicity Race And Ethnicity

Author:Sandra Day O'Connor

“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.”

Should States Action Purpose Lost Loses United United States Security Mets Demand Resolution Regimes Council Doubted Legitimacy Security Council Peace And Security

Author:Colin Powell

“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.”

Real Matter Social Cutting Security Accounts Debate Social Security Legitimacy

Author:Joe Biden

“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.”

Country Purpose Interest Groups Perception Unique Flow Universal Pursue Legitimacy Small Groups Unesco Bihar

Book:Towards a new world: defining moments

Source: Towards a new world: defining moments

“At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy. Because I know who I am very strongly, and I think that's what geek culture can reinforce.”

People Thinking Knows Culture Who I Am Threatened Geek No Point Legitimacy

Author:Felicia Day

“The appearance in nineteenth-century psychiatry, jurisprudence, and literature of a whole series of discourses on the species and subspecies of homosexuality, inversion, pederasty, and "psychic hermaphroditism" made possible a strong advance of social controls into this area of "perversity"; but it also made possible the formation of a "reverse" discourse: homosexuality began to speak in its own behalf, to demand that its legitimacy or "naturality" be acknowledged, often in the same vocabulary, using the same categories by which it was medically disqualified.”

“By the time President Obama took office, Guantánamo 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.”

Law Values President Effort Office Approach Symbols President Obama Effectiveness Legitimacy Guantanamo

Author:John O. Brennan

“The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life. To make this a living force and bring it to clear consciousness is perhaps the foremost task of education. The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy of the authority imperil the foundation of sound judgment and action.”

Source: Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives

“There can be no reproach to pain unless we assume human dignity, there is no reason for restraints on pleasure unless we assume human worth, there is no legitimacy to monotony unless we assume a greater purpose to life, there is no purpose to life unless we assume design, death has no significance unless we seek what is everlasting.”

Humans Reason Pain Purpose Pleasure Greater Design Dignity Assuming No Reason Significance Restraint Everlasting Reproach Human Dignity Legitimacy Monotony Greater Purpose

Author:Ravi Zacharias

“Nick spoke again. "Her legitimacy will be questioned." Gabriel thought for several moments. "If our mother married her father, it means that the marchioness must have converted to Catholicism upon arriving in Italy. The Catholic Church would never have acknowledged her marriage in the Church of England." "Ah, so it is we who are illegitimate." Nick's words were punctuated with a wry smile. "To Italians, at least," Gabriel said. "Luckily, we are English." "Excellent. That works out well for us.”

Source: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake

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

Men Life Children Desire Men And Women Relation Ruined Greatest Love Legitimacy

Author:Bertrand Russell

“The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy of the authority imperil the foundation of sound judgment and action.”

Source: Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives

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

Mother Mom Lawyer Legitimacy Sentimental Mother

Author:W. C. Fields

“The acceptance of corporatism causes us to deny and undermine the legitimacy of the individual as citizen in a democracy. The result of such a denial is a growing imbalance which leads to our adoration of self-interest and our denial of the public good.”

Self Individual Causes Interest Results Democracy Growing Acceptance Citizens Deny Denial Citizenship Self Interest Adoration Legitimacy Imbalance Public Good Corporatism

Book:The Unconscious Civilization

Source: The Unconscious Civilization

“The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power.”

Female Independent Symbols Feminine Goddess Femininity Simplest Legitimacy Independent Women Acknowledgment Beneficence Female Power

Author:Carol P. Christ

“The only justification for our concepts and systems of concepts is that they serve to represent the complex of our experiences; beyond this they have not legitimacy.”

Concepts Experience Complexes Justification Legitimacy

Book:The Meaning of Relativity: Including the Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field

Source: The Meaning of Relativity: Including the Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field

“Our vision of interconnectedness resonates with new networks of world citizens in nongovernmental organizations linking from numberless centers of energy, expressing the emergence of a new organic whole, seeking unity within and across national lines... If governments and their leaders, bound by hierarchy and patriarchy, wedded to military might for legitimacy, fail to grasp the implications of an emerging world consciousness for cooperation, for peace and for sustainability, they may become irrelevant.”

“Speak the truth. Transparency breeds legitimacy.”

Inspirational Inspiration Speak Transparency Speak The Truth Legitimacy Honesty Is The Best Policy

Author:John C. Maxwell

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

War Used Force Loses Drug Discussion Users Legitimacy

Author:Gustavo de Greiff

“Zionism is only around 100 years old. It is the transformation from religion to nationalism, to materialism created by non-religious Jews who hated their religion. The reason why they use the name Israel, the Star of David, hijacking, stealing the identity of Judaism and the Jewish people is in order to gain a legitimacy for their existence that should lead people to say, 'oh, it is God given to them' and that they should use fear and intimidate people from speaking out against their actions because they will call those that do anti Semitic; it couldn't be anything further from the Truth.”

“In the fight against ISIL, we cannot rely on an Assad regime that terrorizes its people; a regime that will never regain the legitimacy it has lost. Instead, we must strengthen the opposition as the best counterweight to extremists like ISIL, while pursuing the political solution necessary to solve Syria's crisis once and for all.”

People Political Fighting Lost Solutions Crisis Solve Rely Islamic Opposition Regimes Syria Extremist Legitimacy Assad Isil

Author:Barack Obama

“I am most proud about the science I've done with my own two hands because I have always thought that even if your life path takes you into a leadership position outside the area you were known for, your legitimacy remains in that first field.”

Ifs Firsts Two Done Hands Leadership My Own Known Path Fields Position Proud Areas Remains Legitimacy Two Hands Life Path

Author:Gustav Nossal

“Our civilization is locked in the grip of an ideology - corporatism. An ideology that denies and undermines the legitimacy of individuals as the citizen in a democracy. The particular imbalance of this ideology leads to a worship of self-interest and a denial of the public good. The practical effects on the individual are passivity and conformism in the areas that matter, and non-conformism in the areas that don't”

Source: The Unconscious Civilization

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

Inspirational Given Felt Legitimacy

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“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.”

Firsts Humans Government Social Compassion Rights Source Human Rights Obligation Working It Social Work Legitimacy

Book:Ronald Reagan

Source: Ronald Reagan

“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.”

Needs Stills Government Strong Powerful Moral Path Movement Authority Currents Reactions Pursue Ruling Inviting Legitimacy

Author:Tim DeChristopher

“The dominance of [an ideology] is shown by the fact that the dominated classes live their conditions of political existence through the forms of dominant political discourse: this means that often they live even their revolt against domination of the system within the frame of reference of the dominant legitimacy.”

Mean Facts Form Political Existence Class Conditions Ideology Dominant Discourse Domination Revolt Dominance Legitimacy Frame Of Reference Political Discourse

Author:Nicos Poulantzas

“Sycophancy toward those who hold power is a fact in every regime, and especially in a democracy, where, unlike tyranny, there is an accepted principle of legitimacy that breaks the inner will to resist.... Flattery of the people and incapacity to resist public opinion are the democratic vices, particularly among writers, artists, journalists and anyone else who is dependent on an audience.”

People Facts Artist Opinion Principles Break Audience Democracy Democratic Vices Accepted Tyranny Journalist Dependent Regimes Flattery Public Opinion Legitimacy Incapacity

Book:Closing of the American Mind

Source: Closing of the American Mind

“Biblical backing for Mormon behavior is easy to find, although Mark Twain is reported to have denied its legitimacy to a Mormon. The Mormon claimed polygamy was perfectly moral and he defied Twain to cite any passage of Scripture which forbade it. 'Well,' said Twain, 'how about that passage that tells us no man can serve two masters at the same time?'”

Men Wells Said Two Religion Easy Moral Masters Behavior Mark Scripture Passages Denied Biblical Polygamy Legitimacy Citing Well Said Two Masters

Author:Dennis McKinsey

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

Giving Reality Results Relation Legitimacy

Author:Ayman Nour

“There is no reason to accept the doctrines crafted to sustain power and privilege, or to believe that we are constrained by mysterious and unknown social laws. These are simply decisions made within institutions that are subject to human will and that must face the test of legitimacy. And if they do not meet the test, they can be replaced by other institutions that are more free and more just, as has happened often in the past.”

“War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy.”

Kind War Preparation Legitimacy

Book:Något kan man väl göra: texter 1932-1982

Source: Något kan man väl göra: texter 1932-1982

“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.”

Ifs Thinking Made Would Be Decision Opinion Cases Perception Court Public Opinion Legitimacy

Author:Samuel Alito

“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.”

Government Method Definitions Deny Anarchy Attacking Anarchist Legitimacy

Author:Benjamin Tucker

“Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose ethnic composition is taken for granted.”

Country Feelings Strong Taken Granted Borders Patriotism Composition Taken For Granted Legitimacy Taking Things For Granted Nationalistic

Author:Michael Ignatieff

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

Habit Ideology Deficit Expertise Legitimacy

Author:Paul Krugman

“The transfer is guaranteed to be safe and secure, everyone knows that the transfer has taken place, and nobody can challenge the legitimacy of the transfer. The consequences of this breakthrough are hard to overstate.”

Knows Hard Challenges Taken Safe Consequence Secure Breakthrough Transfers Legitimacy

Author:Marc Andreessen

“Unlike national markets, which tend to be supported by domestic regulatory and political institutions, global markets are only 'weakly embedded'. There is no global lender of last resort, no global safety net, and of course, no global democracy. In other words, global markets suffer from weak governance, and are therefore prone to instability, inefficiency, and weak popular legitimacy.”

Lasts Political Suffering Courses Democracy Weak Safety Institutions Resorts Governance Embedded Instability Legitimacy Safety Net Inefficiency Lenders Political Institutions

Book:The Globalization Paradox: Why Global Markets, States, and Democracy Can't Coexist

Source: The Globalization Paradox: Why Global Markets, States, and Democracy Can't Coexist

“Tradition, in its essence, is something simultaneously meta-historical and dynamic: it is an overall ordering force in the service of principles that have the chrism of a superior legitimacy (we may even call them 'principles from above').”

May Force Principles Tradition Essence Historical Superiors Legitimacy

Author:Julius Evola

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