#legitimate

Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority. ↗

— Rutherford B. Hayes

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

— Walter Lippmann

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Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government. ↗

— James Madison

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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

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

— Kevin McDonald

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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

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I do not expect that homeopathy will ever be established as a legitimate form of treatment, but I do expect that it will continue to be popular. ↗

— James Randi

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However, I believe that it would be difficult to have legitimate scientists agree to participate. ↗

— James Randi

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I am convinced that we as a body must conduct a formal and legitimate debate about election irregularities. ↗

— Stephanie Tubbs Jones

#am #body #conduct #convinced #debate

There stands no contradiction between giving voice to legitimate anxiety and at the same time, as and when exchange of fire commences, looking to the rest of the country, as well as all of us in the House, to give full moral support to our forces. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

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