Democracy is a key ingredient of a strong and legitimate Palestinian Authority.

In that regard, the Palestinian Authority should take measures to address Israel's legitimate security needs.

As a legitimate Iraqi authority emerges following the elections, the Syrians will have to show foresight in jettisoning their pro Saddam acquaintances.

After that, they should establish a legitimate authority inside Syria that can administer liberated areas, distribute aid, and provide services to civilians.

Hamas must withdraw its armed men from all security headquarters they occupied, return power to the legitimate authority, and apologize to the Palestinian people.

Since they lack the legitimate authority of elected or high level appointed officials, bureaucratic entrepreneurs must remain cognizant of the need to balance initiative with loyalty.

Indeed, it goes to the heart of the Saudi state s authority, owing to the Al Saud royal family s reliance on Wahhabi Islam to legitimate its rule.

On 15 July, many of these countries constituting the Libya Contact Group issued a joint statement that they consider the council to be Libya's legitimate authority .

After that, they should establish a legitimate authority inside Syria that can administer liberated areas, distribute aid, and provide services to civilians. Such a transitional authority could call upon the international community for needed support more easily than an exiled rebel group could.

The authority of the Byzantine emperor as the legitimate Roman emperor was challenged by the coronation of Charlemagne as Imperator Augustus by Pope Leo III in the year 800.

The lack of legitimate institutions needed to rebuild the rule of law is evident in the debate over what authority and whose judgment ought to be exercised over Saddam Hussein.

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Lastly, if regional and local interests are to develop without undermining national solidarity, it is essential to provide a legitimate and autonomous political space that is not vulnerable to the repressive tendencies of central authority.

The group now considers these legitimate targets.

It is legitimate and imperative to make resumption of aid to Palestinians contingent on Hamas s recognition of Israel s right to exist and on its commitment to all international agreements previously signed by the PLO and the Palestinian Authority.

What is legal, they think, is also legitimate.

a monopoly over the use of legitimate force

Nevertheless, international monetary reform remains a legitimate aspiration.

Stopping criminal activity is a legitimate government concern.

Calling for Israeli concessions is perfectly legitimate, even necessary.

Yet they find it perfectly legitimate to carry on.

This is a legitimate concern for all of us.

Such exploitation has been perpetrated by legitimate nation states.

CAIRO You are the authority, above any other authority.

So Ukraine now has a legitimate government. Or does it?

Past conquest cannot be a legitimate basis for current rule.

Some of this was legitimate, some of it was excessive.

Puppet states are not recognised as legitimate under international law.

The homeland war was a defensive, just and legitimate war.

Now it turns out this is a legitimate non photoshopped photo.

So the growing power of today s China naturally raises legitimate concerns.

We should have a Council that is representative, legitimate and accountable.

We are convinced that these are ambitious but absolutely legitimate goals.

This formality may frustrate the legitimate expectations of the other parties.

Legislative authority

If concrete measures are not taken to respond to those legitimate Palestinian concerns, it will be very difficult for the President of the Palestinian Authority to convince his people that peaceful negotiations with Israel will indeed lead to the creation of a viable and contiguous State.

On matters relating to children, paternal authority is replaced by parental authority.

It will have to accept all the other states in the region as legitimate players with their own legitimate interests as much as it wants to be recognized as such itself.

There are, of course, perfectly legitimate reasons for close Sino Russian relations.

Haiti needs a strong and legitimate government to overcome the challenges ahead.

On the face of it, democratic self defense seems a legitimate goal.

When the economy is at full employment, this is a legitimate concern.

Democracy is a legitimate objective, but it is a long term one.

It enjoys popular support, expresses legitimate grievances, and peace talks are underway.

With that, the era of nationalism began, and social mobility became legitimate.