1 Force does not constitute right… obedience is due only to legitimate powers. Read explanation Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Legitimacy, Obedience, Power, 0 Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland Copy
2 You cannot speak on behalf of a nation when you have no mandate to do so. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Authority, Legitimacy, Representation, 0 Jean-Marie Le Pen Politician · France Copy
3 What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Matthew Shipp, Innovation, Legitimacy, Rebellion, 0 Matthew Shipp Jazz pianist Copy
4 A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Max Weber, Legitimacy, Monopoly, Violence, 0 Max Weber Sociologist · Germany Copy
5 It is only when aggression is legitimate that one can expect prodigies of valour. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Michel Ney, Aggression, Legitimacy, 0 Michel Ney Copy
6 Democracy gives the aura of legitimacy to acts that would otherwise be considered tyranny. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walter E. Williams, Democracy, Legitimacy, Tyranny, 0 Walter E. Williams Economist Copy
7 The first principle of a civilized state is that power is legitimate only when it is under contract. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Walter Lippmann, Contract, Legitimacy, Power, 0 Walter Lippmann Journalist · USA Copy
8 So, I think China desperately needs to legitimize some form of opposition. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William C. Kirby, China, Legitimacy, Opposition, 0 William C. Kirby Copy
9 The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Henry Harrison, Governance, Legitimacy, Power, 0 William Henry Harrison Military officer and politician · USA Copy
10 Play may not have so high a place in the divine economy, but is has as legitimate a place as prayer. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, J. G. Holland, Legitimacy, Play, Prayer, 0 J. G. Holland Copy
11 I am logically in favour of a referendum. It would be the only legitimate way. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jacques Chirac, Decision-making, Democracy, Legitimacy, 0 Jacques Chirac Copy
12 However, I believe that it would be difficult to have legitimate scientists agree to participate. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Randi, Difficulty, Legitimacy, Participation, 0 James Randi Magician and skeptic · Canada Copy
13 War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alva Myrdal, Legitimacy, Preparation, War, 0 Alva Myrdal Swedish Politician · Sweden Copy
14 The legitimacy of a war is not established by how it is organized but by what it achieves. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, David Brooks, Achievement, Legitimacy, War, 0 David Brooks Commentator · Canada Copy
15 Let’s put research into the hands of legitimate scientists, not pot profiteers. Author, January 13, 2024January 6, 2025, Kevin Sabet, Legitimacy, Profit, Research, 0 Kevin Sabet Copy
16 It matters, it always matters, to name rubbish as rubbish; that to do otherwise is to legitimize it. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Salman Rushdie, Accountability, Legitimacy, Truth, 0 Salman Rushdie Author · India Copy
17 The United Nations offers international legitimacy in what we might do. Author, January 9, 2024January 6, 2025, Anthony Zinni, International, Legitimacy, United Nations, 0 Anthony Zinni Copy
18 A legislature cannot be effective while suffering from public scorn. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, John Bercow, Governance, Legitimacy, Reputation, 0 John Bercow Politician · England Copy
19 Parliament is more than procedure – it is the custodian of the nation’s freedom. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Diefenbaker, Governance, Legitimacy, Protection, 0 John Diefenbaker Copy
20 It is not up to the senators to determine whether an NGO is bogus or not Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, Jinggoy Estrada, Evaluation, Legitimacy, 0 Jinggoy Estrada Copy
21 The good thing about being an artist, is it’s a legitimate way of looking at things cross-eyed. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Chamberlain, Creativity, Legitimacy, Perspective, 0 John Chamberlain Copy
22 General rules have been legislated into being by past masters. Author, January 11, 2024January 6, 2025, John Ciardi, Authority, Legitimacy, Tradition, 0 John Ciardi Poet · USA Copy
23 Change occurs when deeply felt private experiences are given public legitimacy. Read explanation Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Mahatma Gandhi, Change, Experience, Legitimacy, 0 Mahatma Gandhi Lawyer and political activist · India Copy
24 Tis easier to make certain things legal than to make them legitimate. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Nicolas Chamfort, Difficulty, Legality, Legitimacy, 0 Nicolas Chamfort Playwright · France Copy
25 The habit of disguising ideology as expertise has created a deficit of legitimacy. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Paul Krugman, Expertise, Ideology, Legitimacy, 0 Paul Krugman Economist · USA Copy
Prayer is an art which only the Spirit can teach us. He is the giver of all prayer. Read explanation Charles Spurgeon Preacher · England
He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived. Read explanation Franz Kafka Writer · Czechia
