Sentence examples for illegitimate power from inspiring English sources

"The crisis of Afghanistan has its roots in illegitimate power.

Iran's fraudulently elected president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, will clearly stop at nothing to stifle legitimate dissent and hold on to his illegitimate power.

When Jimmy says to his former boss: "You can't be half a gangster, Nuck" the audience realises that in reality this is exactly what Nucky wants: to have both the legitimate power of the politician and the illegitimate power of the bootlegger.

You can't believe in the wisdom of the crowd and discount its ability to see through an illegitimate power grab, orchestrated from the outside.

There is no pressure on the coup to relinquish its illegitimate power to the elected president.

Conservatives hate taxes -- it's a capitulation to the illegitimate power of government.

Diplomats here speak of unusual international unity in the face of what is widely seen as an illegitimate power-grab by Mr. Gbagbo.

Where is there even a mention of the democratic black hole at the heart of Britain, into which hopes for financial and fiscal reform are sucked: the Corporation of the City of London, whose illegitimate powers pre-date the Magna Carta?

Dr. Ho's instrumental use of legitimate and illegitimate powers not only helped him engineer a casino-driven capitalist society, but also achieve prominence and recognition worldwide.

Functionalist perspectives differentiate legitimate, formal authority from illegitimate, informal power.

The policy consequences that stem from illegitimate political power have long compromised the American political system.