Legitimate Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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

The only legitimate artists in England are the architects.

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

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.

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

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.

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

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

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.

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

If you want to be a legitimate artist, it's more important what you say no to.

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

Well I think any author or musician is anxious to have legitimate sales of their products, partly so they're rewarded for their success, partly so they can go on and do new things.

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

I don't like indecent, unearned wealth. But it is legitimate for an entrepreneur who has created something to make a good living.

A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.

I totally accept that it's a legitimate criticism that when you are involved in the day-to-day scrum of government... that what can get lost is the narrative, the hymn sheet... the song that inspires and lifts people's sights.

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.

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

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.

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