Sentence examples for cannot legitimize from inspiring English sources

Mr. Djukanovic "cannot legitimize Milosevic's election -- he'd be compromising himself in front of his own people".

"General Guei cannot legitimize his rule through a military coup, followed by an illegitimate election".

We cannot legitimize this government.

It may follow that either tacit consent to a political regime, which Lockean contract theorists often cite, cannot successfully legitimize political regimes; or that tacit consent successfully legitimizes medical experimentation, rendering long consent forms unnecessary.

Although it has taken half a century since Everson to reach the majority's twin standards of neutrality and free choice, the facts show that, in the majority's hands, even these criteria cannot convincingly legitimize the Ohio scheme.

Such murder cannot be legitimized whatever the politics.

Without a valid justification/explanation on why each location selection criterion is considered and utilized, incorporation of such selection criteria in the studies cannot be legitimized.

"Giving women full control over their reproductive capacity deeply challenges gender expectations and roles, and cannot be easily legitimized as part of a human-rights framework (though feminists have tried)," she said.

"We cannot allow a dubious precedent to legitimize police brutality at this time of social change," she added. .

Religious teachings cannot be good for us if these inflict and legitimize suffering on others.

There's a part of me that cannot even believe that we are having a conversation legitimizing the sex appeal of a particular age group.