I don't think anybody's obliged to eat or not to eat strawberry ice cream.

没有谁有这个义务非得要吃,或者不吃草莓冰淇淋。

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Milton actually wrote that it was the duty, not just the right but the duty, of a nation to rise up and dethrone through execution an unjust, though legitimate, king.

弥尔顿实际上写道，站起来通过处决而废黜，一个尽管合法却不公正的国王是一个国家的义务,不仅仅是权利，而且还是义务。

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If Israel doesn't fulfill her obligations by obeying God's Torah, his instructions, and living in accordance with his will, as expressed in the laws and instructions, then God will not fulfill his obligation of protection and blessing towards Israel.

如果犹太人不履行自己的责任,遵守上帝的教训和旨意，按照他的意愿生活，就像律法和训诫中规定的那样，上帝也将不履行他的义务,保护，怜悯犹太人。

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But if the state has the right to take my earning or the fruits of my labor, isn't that morally the same as according to the state the right to claim a portion of my labor?

但如果政府有权,强占我的收入或劳动果实，这在道义上不就等同于,政府有权,让我做部分义务劳动吗？

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But what I'm trying to get at is do you consider that you are under no obligation, since you haven't actually entered into any act of consent, but for prudential reasons, you do what you're supposed to do according to the law?

但我想知道的是，你认为自己,不负有任何义务，因为你并未真正作出任何形式的同意，只是出于谨慎考虑，你还是会依法缴税，是吗？

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