And in social security, I thought, we had the right plan for dealing with the long-term crisis that the program is in.

我认为在社会保障项目方面,我们拥有正确的计划应对,这一项目面临的长期危机。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

Machiavelli's preference for these extreme situations expresses his belief that only in moments of great crisis, where the very existence of a state is at risk, does human nature truly reveal itself.

马奇亚维利偏好,这类极端的情势,表述出他相信,仅在重大危机的当头，当一国的存亡面临考验之时，人类的本性才会真正显现出来。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

It is when political functions become concentrated into the hands of again the too few hands that we risk arbitrary government and the endangerment to the liberty of the individual.

因为一旦政治职权,过度集中于,少数人的手中,我们面临的风险,便是独断政府,及个人自由的危机。

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