Their bickering then becomes a vehicle for airing legitimate differences of opinion.

By moving to common ground, the President aims to drain the anger from arguments over legitimate differences.

The Pope urged the groups to cooperate when possible and to respect their "legitimate differences."

"Never forget that, beyond legitimate differences, the key to future successes lies in your unity."

There are other legitimate differences on foreign policy.

"This is a very legitimate difference in their approach to policy, that reflects their experience and understanding of the threat."

There are apparently legitimate differences between the superintendent and the board about how to manage the school system.

Still, he emphasized that there was only a "fine line" between legitimate differences and anti-Semitic "demonization."

And this is after I said to him, we've got legitimate differences, let's debate them.

"Ah, but it was a legitimate difference of opinion."