Maybe the question is,? What makes legitimate authority possible?

或许这个问题是，是什么使得合法的权力成为可能？

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Protecting moral people from external evils and upholding the moral order (legitimate authority).

o保护道德的人免于外部邪恶影响，维护道德秩序(合法权威)。

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He's enthusiastic about the 'process of extension of legitimate authority to actors other than the state'.

他对“合法性权威延伸到国家之外的人的做法”充满热情。

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He says there should have been an election to re-establish legitimate authority, which was overthrown during the first Soviet occupation in 1940.

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Even the expulsion of Satan from heaven was not sufficient to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt the legitimate authority of God.

即使是将撒旦逐出天堂也不足以,无可置疑的证明上帝的至高权威。

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This is still a huge question for us when we think about nation building and building new states, how to create a legitimate authority.

这对我们来说依然是个庞大的问题,当我们思考国家的建设,建设一个新的国家，如何创造合法权力。

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"I do think that to some extent now, we've been able to restore the legitimate authority of the presidency, " Cheney said.

NPR: Cheney's Plain Talk on Presidential 'Authority'

Its power rests entirely on people's belief in its legitimate authority.

CNN: Our Imperial Judiciary

Uber rebel Douglas Carswell dislikes the term "rebel", since he believes he is doing his duty, by voting his conscience, and is not defying legitimate authority.

BBC: When MPs must choose between conscience and party