The Founders harbored serious doubts about the legitimacy of any public debt at all.
The last thing Mexico needs is for the legitimacy of its next president to be questionable.
It is that, Sir Peter tells his officers, which gives the police the legitimacy they require.
Euro-dreamers say a fiscal-transfer union could be built on the legitimacy of the European Parliament.
Mr. DAN MURPHY (The Christian Science Monitor): Most Iraqis do acknowledge the legitimacy of the referendum.
The United States and Israel later refused to recognize the legitimacy of the Hamas win.
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Moammar Qaddafi clearly lost the confidence of his own people and the legitimacy to lead.
It is positional power that creates the legitimacy for behaviours and provides the cover for action.
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Despite the legitimacy conferred by success at the ballot box, Egypt's Brothers are on the defensive.
The members of this movement do not accept the legitimacy of scholars and intellectual authorities.
But the ICBL does not recognize the legitimacy of any security or military consideration.
Santander could have been in for a very uncomfortable contest over the legitimacy of its suggested change.
But Mr. Llorens staked out a position for the U.S., defending the legitimacy of the erratic former president.
Mary Brosnahan, president of the Coalition for the Homeless, an advocacy group, questioned the legitimacy of the city's survey.
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Like the Gulf states, Jordan and Morocco are monarchies and their kings at least have the legitimacy of succession.
Another provision would recognize the legitimacy of concealed weapons permits across state lines.
Ibn Qudama also related that all of the companions of the Prophet agreed on the legitimacy of legal representation.
An honourable man, he is doubtless itching for the legitimacy that a probable electoral victory will confer on him.
Because we believe that the Syrians who embrace this vision will have the strength and the legitimacy to lead.
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First and foremost, the industry needs to acknowledge the legitimacy of local grievances.
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Either way, the legitimacy of the parliament has taken a knock, and the dispute with new MPs will drag on.
But they should not detract from the legitimacy of the barrage and its importance to Wales and the West of England.
The convictions were overturned three years later by an appellate judge who cast doubt on the legitimacy of the racketeering prosecution.
For when we don't, our action can appear arbitrary, and undercut the legitimacy of future intervention -- no matter how justified.
Many political commentators say it is unnecessary, since the Supreme Court did not directly question the legitimacy of the election itself.
Sir Robert also said divisions in government, cabinet and public opinion over the legitimacy of the war inhibited post-war reconstruction efforts.
The legitimacy and logistics of an independence vote were political, not legal questions, said Joseph Facal, Quebec's minister for inter-governmental affairs.
United doubled their lead six minutes after half-time, but again Celtic will ask justifiable questions about the legitimacy of the goal.
The rest chose not to vote - a situation which the 'No' campaign says casts doubt on the legitimacy of the referendum.
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