Legitimate Quotes - page 13

Sincere and generous collaboration is the best way to fulfil the legitimate aspirations of each person and achieve great collective goals for the common good and the general interest. (Felipe VI)
Today, more than ever, citizens demand with good reason that moral and ethical principles be upheld and that exemplariness preside over our public life. And the king, as the head of state, must not only be an example but also a servant to that just and legitimate demand of the citizens. View quote
Felipe VI
Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it's profitable. View quote
James Rouse
Whether I'm reading a national publication or one of my local Chicago newspapers, I don't need to turn too many pages before I stumble upon another scandal. Not only do ethics violations deteriorate the public trust, but they also disrupt and undermine legitimate debate and policy. View quote
Mike Quigley
The reason we had an all-black outfield in '51 is Don Mueller got hurt, so Hank Thompson was a legitimate replacement. So what? People talk about, 'You're the first to do this. You're the first to do that.' Don't dwell on race all the time. View quote
Monte Irvin
I can't imagine anybody not wanting to make sure that noncitizens don't dilute legitimate U.S. citizens' vote. View quote
Rick Scott
We wish Pakistan both stability and security; we expect them to understand our legitimate concerns of preventing people from using its soil to inflict problem in India. View quote
Salman Khurshid
They call me before they go into production, when they have a prototype, and they call legitimate saxophonists, too. As opposed to the other kind. View quote
Steve Lacy
I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better. View quote
Scott Walker
What Jerry has done, in a masterful way, is go through and select portions of the Scripture and put words in Jesus' mouth that are legitimate because they already appear in the Bible. View quote
Tim LaHaye
When an artist leaves his work to amuse people, he loses his time and their respect. If people are to be amused by artists, it must be by employing them in their legitimate occupation. (William Morris Hunt)
I rejoice to think that since the days of Queen Elizabeth, our laws have been so far humanized that a bastard child is no longer a mere thing to be shunned by an overseer,-whose existence is unrecognised until it becomes a pauper, and whose only legitimate home is a workhouse, that it is no longer permissible to punish its unfortunate mother with hard labour for a year, nor its father with a whipping at the cart's tail; but that even an illegitimate child may find itself a member of some honest family, and that the sole obligation now cast upon its parents is that each may be compelled to bear his and her own fair share of the maintenance and education of the unfortunate offspring of their common failing. View quote
Henry Hawkins, 1st Baron Brampton
Never may an act of possession be exercised upon a free being the exclusive possession of a woman is no less unjust than the possession of slaves all men are born free, all have equal rights never should we lose sight of those principles according to which never may there be granted to one sex the legitimate right to lay monopolizing hands upon the other, and never may one of the sexes, or classes, arbitrarily possess the other. View quote
Marquis de Sade
The United Nations believes that acceptance of these principles will help the Palestinian people achieve their legitimate goal of an end to occupation and the creation of an independent and viable state, living in peace and security with its neighbors. View quote
Kofi Annan
The petty logic of political parties cannot be allowed to stifle the French people's legitimate aspirations to safety and liberty. View quote
Marine Le Pen
Certainly, the fight against terrorism is a legitimate fight. And certainly whoever commits terrorism should be brought to justice. View quote
Shirin Ebadi
The Israelis should understand that it is in their long-term interest to have a democratic Egypt as a neighbor, and that it is prudent to acknowledge the legitimate interests of the Palestinians and to grant them their own state. View quote
Mohamed ElBaradei
I wouldnt want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities. View quote
Banksy
When a judge assumes the power to decide which distinctions made in a statute are legitimate and which are not, he assumes the power to disapprove of any and all legislation, because all legislation makes distinctions. View quote
Robert Bork
Hindus have become devoid of self-confidence simply because they have ceased to take legitimate, well-informed, and conscious pride in their spiritual, cultural, and social heritage. View quote
Sita Ram Goel
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it. (James Allen)
A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise... But it is necessary to know how to disguise this nature well and to be a great hypocrite and a liar. View quote
Niccolò Machiavelli
I would like to remind you that I am not only the -- not only the legitimate president of Ukraine, but I'm also the chief of staff, the commander of the army. View quote
Viktor Yanukovych
Excessive military expenditures have their own logic and their own dynamic. The profit-driven character of the armaments industry may well undermine the otherwise legitimate aim of protecting the population from outside threats. View quote
Alfred de Zayas
A violation of the right of self-determination gives rise to a legitimate human rights claim by individuals and groups and triggers State responsibility to make reparation. View quote
Alfred de Zayas