Illegitimate

I do have to say I dislike the term illegitimate when talking about children. ❋ Unknown (2004)

All this will involve many a shock to prudery; to take only the instance of what we call illegitimate motherhood, our eyes askance must learn that there are other legitimacies and illegitimacies than those which depend upon the little laws of men, and that if our doctrine of the worth of parenthood be a right one it is our business in every such case to say, "Here also, then, in so far as it lies in our power, we must make motherhood as good and perfect as may be." ❋ Unknown (1909)

[O] n a visceral level, to watch him chortling as he calls Obama illegitimate is just gross and offensive. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As unpopular as this abomonation is (for the $500 billion tax hikes, $500 Medicare cuts and dubious constitutionality on the substance), just imagine the chaos that will reign if a large segment of the population views ObamaCare as illegitimate from a process standpoint. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The question you should be asking liberals is "What functions of government do you define as illegitimate?" ❋ Johnny Pez (2009)

They treated Shays Rebellion as in illegitimate revolt to be suppressed. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The only recent "conservative" decision I'm entirely comfortable calling illegitimate is Adarand (or Gratz -- basically, strict scrutiny for affirmative action). ❋ Unknown (2006)

The reason that I don't find them illegitimate is probably that as a general matter, I think that political weakness on the part of a burdened group is a factor suggesting less deference, so judicial interventions on behalf of politically weak groups generally get counted as legitimate. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The issue of laying claim to another culture's religion when you, as an outsider, have no right to do so and members of that other culture consider your act self-serving, shallow and illegitimate is one thing. ❋ Hal Duncan (2006)

The progress made by educated women in getting women's voices a hearing means changing options for all women and their kids (example: the word illegitimate has left the building). ❋ Unknown (2008)

How many want to argue for a strict legal and cultural imposition of the word illegitimate on certain little children? ❋ Unknown (2004)

When used in this connection, the word illegitimate has, in canon law, a well-defined meaning, which is: "born out of lawful wedlock". ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

I maintain that the state should provide homes and proper care for the children we call illegitimate! ❋ Cleveland Moffett (1894)

The 74-year-old leader charged that the prosecutors used methods worthy of a Mafia criminal and said he would not respond to a summons by the prosecutors this weekend because he does not want to give credence to an investigation he called illegitimate and politically driven. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It was contrasted by a bearded, pious-looking young man who says "short-term illegitimate relationships harm dignity, but God has left the halal [religiously correct] path open." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ahmadinejad was declared the "victor" and will apparently be Iran's president for four more years, even though a great majority of Iranian people living in Iran and in the Diaspora (including the author) consider his second term illegitimate, or at the very least suspect. ❋ Muhammad Sahimi (2009)

His main mission is to protect Mexico's oil resources from being privatized and to attack and criticize whom he calls the illegitimate and fraudulent president Calderon. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Being told that Price is gay is like being told somebody is 'illegitimate' - it does not mean anything anymore - if the intention is to cause hypocritical moral outrage amongst the Welsh . ❋ Unknown (2008)