Legitimization Quotes

Here is the question: is a legitimization of the social bond, a just society, feasible in terms of a paradox analogous to that of scientific activity? What would such a paradox be? (Jean-François Lyotard)
But every historical statement and legitimization itself moves within a certain relation to history. View quote
Martin Heidegger
In my own view, Hamas's frustration derives from a lack of legitimization by Israel and by much of the world. It is this frustration that leads them to such destructive desperation. That's why we need to grant them status as a legitimate enemy - before we talk about an agreement or, alternatively, about a frontal war. View quote
A. B. Yehoshua