In Romania, Slovakia, and Yugoslavia (now Serbia), former Communists secured popular legitimacy by accommodating nationalist tendencies that were hostile to minority rights.

Sarah Lewis notes that, "The Urantia Revelation is not securing legitimacy through historically known and accepted means to any great degree, nor is it even using common language that would increase the likelihood of understanding and therefore acceptance.

Assad consistently extended military and diplomatic assistance to Iran during the Iran-Iraq war in order to secure legitimacy and support for his rule in Syria and his policies in Lebanon.

The new president was committed to the notion that cotton would secure recognition and legitimacy from the powers of Europe.

With the inclusion of people in a decision making process, it immediately secures legitimacy for these decisions.

Was it because of the incompetence on the part of the administration: its failure to secure sufficient international support and legitimacy before going to war, to plan for the postwar reconstruction and nation-building effort, to deploy enough troops so security could be maintained?

By showing how the bakufu went to such great lengths to use the Nambu incident to pressure the Dutch into sending an embassy to Edo, he illustrates how important it was to the bakufu to use diplomatic relations as a means of securing domestic legitimacy.

The clarification we seek serves the aim of securing legitimacy and transparency.

My concern is the fact that the Commission has assumed de facto responsibility for legislation, without ever securing democratic legitimacy from the citizens of Europe.

The corporate state needs - in order to secure legitimacy - to demonstrate effectiveness.