The sovereign holds total power over all the institutions of civilian and ecclesiastical life, holding sway over a kind of peaceable kingdom.

君主拥有绝对的权力,它高于所有的平民机构或是教会机构，支配着和平的国家。

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Law is the best hedge we have against " the domination of partiality and desire."

法律是我们所拥有可对抗不公支配,与渴求的最佳防备“

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