#legitimate

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. ↗

— James Madison

#charter #constitutional #derived #fountain #government

What I always say is that we're the illegitimate children of Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lewis. ↗

— Kevin McDonald

#andy #children #i #i always #illegitimate

There is a legitimate role for development education in the UK, but I do not believe these projects give the taxpayer value for money. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

#development #education #give #i #i do

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. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#bite #could #criminal #curiosity #even

Legitimate revolution must be led by, made by those who have been most oppressed: black, brown, yellow, red, and white women-with men relating to that the best they can. ↗

— Robin Morgan

#best #black #brown #led #legitimate

There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done. ↗

— John Henry Newman

#fairly #laws #legitimate #may #such

There's a big difference between me and a real, legitimate working hand, or a world-champion rodeo cowboy. I play 'em, and I aspire to be like that, but those guys are tough. ↗

— Luke Perry

#between #big #big difference #cowboy #difference

The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#account #compromise #diplomatic #interests #into

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. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

#about #among #applying #catholics #death

We went to - I guess it was a legitimate boiler room, and I sat in front of this guy who literally was on the phone with two people at once. They call it double fisting. ↗

— Giovanni Ribisi

#call #double #front #guess #guy