Legitimate

Famous quotes containing the word legitimate:

“It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

“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 Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)

“A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.”
—Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)