Quotes about Legitimacy

No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.

“Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”

You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”

If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.

You're not a leader if you haven't been elected.

If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected: if not, they will be despised; and with regard to those to whom no power is delegated, but who assume it, the rational world can know nothing of them.

The House of Commons did not originate as a matter of right in the people to delegate or elect, but as a grant or boon.

Respect for human rights is not social work; it is not merely an act of compassion. It is the first obligation of government and the source of its legitimacy.

The chosen ones of God were those who let God pursue his interest in them, and as a result received his stamp of legitimacy.

There are illegitimate parents, but I don't believe there are any illegitimate children.

Speak the truth. Transparency breeds legitimacy.

In other words Jesus went into the desert to confront His enemy and throw down the gauntlet. He would prove Himself to be the legitimate shepherd of Israel by overcoming the temptations that had undone all of Israel's previous kings, including His mighty ancestor, King David.