#legitimate

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#cherish #earth #foster #hope #legitimate

When France resolved, along with England, to lend assistance in the legitimate defense of Poland, the realization burst on us that a conflict of awesome proportions was inevitable. ↗

— Rene Cassin

#assistance #awesome #burst #conflict #defense

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#contract #first #first principle #legitimate #only

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#his #lacks #legitimate #never #prince

The war on terrorism has made national security a legitimate concern, and a rising deficit, changes brought on by globalization and even the price of oil have thrown the nation's economic health into question. ↗

— Roger Mahony

#changes #concern #deficit #economic #even

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

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

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

— John H. Reagan

#fruits #legitimate #now #produced

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

— Eugene Jarvis

#computer #games #legitimate #only #play