A return to support for these structures would combine American power with international legitimacy.
All of the sports books insist they operate with total legitimacy.
And with what legitimacy if it is not through the ballot box.
If competence had anything to do with legitimacy in our system, we might be electing new officials every two weeks.
We can't afford a president with tarnished legitimacy, and neither can the world.
And in the end he concluded that this required not only a dynamic economy but a government with greater popular legitimacy.
With legitimacy comes the ability to lead and take risks.
You cannot play games with democratic legitimacy and the credibility of politics.
Success demands clear leadership that can act with legitimacy and authority.
I think that only a government with democratic legitimacy will have the authority to facilitate, and get involved in, new initiatives.