#Legitimacy Quotes

“I deem no government safe which is under the vassalage of any self-constituted authorities, or any other authority than that of the nation, or its regular functionaries.”

“I'm tryin to make a dollar out of fifteen centsIt's hard to be legit and still pay tha rent”

“Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.”

“To be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the on-looking world consent to it is finer.”

“Yet optimism is in order, because day by day democracy is proving itself to be a not-at-all-fragile flower. From Stettin on the Baltic to Varna on the Black Sea, the regimes planted by totalitarianism have had more than 30 years to establish their legitimacy. But none - not one regime - has yet been able to risk free elections. Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.”

“A new-born Government must shine and astonish - the moment it loses its éclat it falls.”

“Power is founded upon opinion.”

“John Lewis stood up and said in an interview that Donald Trump was not a legitimate president. It's insanity.”

“That issue has been resolved for years now, and it's been resolved for at least two years in Donald Trump's mind. And to bring that up as justification for John Lewis questioning the legitimacy of a democratic activity that is - has been around since the beginning of our country is wrong.”

“DNI director [James] Clapper said as much many, many times, that there is no evidence that any outcome of the election was changed.”

“For a person [like John Lewis] that is a champion of voter rights to question whether or not Donald Trump legitimately won an election or not is an incredible position to take five days before an inauguration.”