Salman Rushdie

But there's one thing we must all be clear about: terrorism is not the pursuit of legitimate goals by some sort of illegitimate means. Whatever the murderers may be trying to achieve, creating a better world certainly isn't one of their goals. Instead they are out to murder innocent people.

Indian Novelist

Alexander Chee

War and Peace' holds a strange place in literary history, participating in the crowning of realism as a substantial and serious literary mode in America, even as the novel also contributed to the argument that historical fiction could be by nature dangerous, illegitimate, and inaccurate.

American Writer

George Monbiot

For some of Britain's most powerful people, hunting and shooting are primordial rights, and any challenge to them is treated as illegitimate. They assert ownership not only of the land but also of the social relationships surrounding it.

British Writer

Michael Badnarik

When the state or federal government control the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens.

American Politician

Noam Chomsky

In 1979, Iranians carried out an illegitimate act: They overthrew a tyrant that the United States had imposed and supported, and moved on an independent path, not following U.S. orders.

American Activist

Morgan Ortagus

Manufacturing evidence to justify arbitrary, politically motivated detentions is a common tool of the illegitimate former Maduro regime.

American Public Servant

Kevin McDonald

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

Canadian Comedian

Rick Warren

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

Eartha Kitt

I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.

American Actress

Giorgio Chiellini

Malice is part of football, I wouldn't call it illegitimate.

Italian Athlete

Used to describe someone's status in relation to laws of inheritance and marriage.

Legal Context

Historically, focused on birth status; now often about legal recognition in various contexts.

Historical Usage

May be seen as offensive; sensitive situations call for terms like 'born out of wedlock'.

Sensitive Term

Suggests an action goes against moral or ethical standards, not just legal ones.

Ethical Implications

Highlights a negative moral judgment or damage to one's reputation or integrity.

Impacts Reputation

Often used in a business context to describe unfair competition or shady dealings.

Business and Practices

Can describe someone in power who isn't recognized as having the right to that power.

Authority and Control

When questioning the fairness of a decision or the authenticity of an object.

Challenge Validity

 This first scene is indicative of the way the book bounces between the political and personal over an ever-widening canvas. There are no main characters in "War and Peace." Instead, readers enter a vast interlocking web of relationships and questions. Will the hapless and illegitimate son of a count

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 we don't know Caesar's actual dying words. Some ancient sources claim he said nothing, while others record the phrase, "And you, child?", fueling speculation that Brutus may have actually been Caesar's illegitimate son. But all agree that when Caesar saw Brutus among his attackers,

The great conspiracy...

 Though his twelve-year-old son was due to succeed him, Edward's younger brother Richard III declared his nephews illegitimate due to their father's secret marriage. He assumed the regency himself and threw the boys in prison. Though no one knows what ultimately became of them,

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 impacting us the most, perhaps, the most important decisions that are being made about war and so forth, again we can't just make a Freedom of Information request. It's really difficult. So we're still having to rely on illegitimate ways of getting information, through leaks.

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 illegitimate children, even drug abuse, prostitution in countries where women drive is higher than countries where women don't drive. I know, I was like this, I was shocked. I was like, "We are the last country in the world

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 Such a system is operationally rigid, politically closed, and morally illegitimate. Well, the assumptions are wrong. The opposites are true. Adaptability, meritocracy, and legitimacy are the three defining characteristics

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 And the rabbis and the early fathers of the church who said that any interpretation of scripture that bred hatred and disdain was illegitimate. And we need to revive that spirit. And it's not just going to happen

Karen Armstrong: Let's...

 Eratosthenes our starkest were much better but the church accepted what Aristotle said and that put science behind Leonardo is really a bundle of contradictions he was an illegitimate

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 And race is an illegitimate concept which our selves have created based on fear and ignorance. Strangely, these revelations didn't cure my low self-esteem, that feeling of otherness.

Embracing otherness,...

 And the answer is that international interveners deem the resolution of grassroots conflict an unimportant, unfamiliar, and illegitimate task.

Illegitimate

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