Sentence examples for acknowledge legitimacy from inspiring English sources

But when the rites that acknowledge legitimacy (inaugurations) become simple rituals (announcements of inflated vote tallies, coronations) and then farces (a man with an umbrella talking to the rain) then the sense of being part of a national drama is replaced by the hurt infuriation one feels when one finds a mocking note pinned to one's back.

But as before, he did not acknowledge the legitimacy of those seeking to depose him.

Black Hawk became the leader of dissident Sauks and Foxes who refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of the treaty.

Their inability to produce evidence has not stopped them refusing to acknowledge the legitimacy of Mr Chen's government.

With no other major countries willing to acknowledge its legitimacy, Abkhazia relies almost completely on Moscow for its survival.

To go with good grace would be to acknowledge the legitimacy of others' claims: those of colleagues or citizens.

"But it should be possible to acknowledge the legitimacy of the battle while at the same time criticizing its conduct".

Father Balasuriya argued that the Roman Catholic Church and Christianity in general must go further to acknowledge the legitimacy of other faiths.

Primaries drive politicians toward the extremes, and neither side is willing to acknowledge the legitimacy or, in a sense, the existence of the other.

Neither Israel nor the Palestinians have taken him up on his invitation to acknowledge the legitimacy of the other's aspirations.

Equally important, China would have to acknowledge the legitimacy of the U.S. presence in East Asia, since this is desired by other East Asian states, and the United States would have to acknowledge the legitimacy of China's existing political order, since it has brought economic breakthrough and greatly enhanced real freedoms to the people of China.