Legitimate Quotes

A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.

If there's criticism of my work that's legitimate. I'm ready to hear of it.

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.

The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.

Most of Albania considers this Government to be legitimate.

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.

You feel sometimes when you hear analysts and knowledgeable people talking about Iran that they fear so much about the survival of the regime, because deep down it's not a legitimate regime, it doesn't represent the will of the people, it's kind of morphed into kind of a military theocracy.

Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

It's kind of interesting, because hacking is a skill that could be used for criminal purposes or legitimate purposes, and so even though in the past I was hacking for the curiosity, and the thrill, to get a bite of the forbidden fruit of knowledge, I'm now working in the security field as a public speaker.

An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself.

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.

Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic.

Musicians now find themselves in the unlikely position of being legitimate. At least the IRS thinks so.

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.

Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts.

The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.

Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.

Of course, I think it is legitimate for the Commander-in-Chief to be concerned for the safety of his soldiers.

I think we have to face the reality that in a society where there is a legitimate threat of terrorism, not being able to see one's face, not being able to have some sense of communication in that way, is for many societies a challenge.

I don't get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, there's always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way.

They were targeting those people I referred to as 'little Eichmanns.' These were legitimate targets.

However, there is no legal and legitimate state called Israel.

We will have a border that is open for business, open for tourism, open for legitimate travelers; but that is closed to terrorists and drug pushers and smugglers and others who seek to break the law.

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

The irrepressible conflict propounded by abolitionism has produced now its legitimate fruits - disunion.

Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There may be legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty, but not... with regard to abortion and euthanasia.

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

The only legitimate use of a computer is to play games.

If I put forth a legitimate effort, then I feel like, if that doesn't work out, that's all I can do.