According to Weber, the state is the source of legitimate physical force.

Political order has to be established with legitimate force.

"It's not unheard of for even legitimate forces to fire a warning shot before hailing."

"It was reasonable to conclude at the time that repetitive administration of legitimate force resulted in all the injuries we saw."

It recognizes as legitimate all political forces that abide by the democratic process and eschew violence.

It provides one of the few legitimate forces shoring up the neighborhood.

A swift exercise of constitutionally legitimate force should have been enough.

They have won a crucial political battle in any guerrilla war: forcing the Government to recognize them as a legitimate belligerent force.

There is no equivalence between terrorists and the legitimate forces of a democratic government.

They made no distinction between (legitimate) force and (illegitimate) violence, for instance.