But he says the firm position of the regional alliance is to respect the democratic rules of the game and the constitution.

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The true ruler," he says "is one who is like a shepherd with a flock, but he rules not for the benefit of the flock but, of course, for his own interests, " the good of the shepherd."

他说：，“真正的统治者,是牧者，但规则不是要造福牲畜,而是他自身的利益，对牧者要有好处“

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He did no injustice to Uriah because, as the lawful sovereign, he could do any, not just anything he liked but whatever he did was set by the rules of the law.

大卫的做法对乌利亚之所以仍是公正的，是因为他作为君主，他的任意举止作为,都是合理合法的。

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The natural laws for Hobbes are not divine commands or ordinances, he says, but they are rules of practical reason figured out by us as the optimal means of securing our well-being.

对霍布斯来说，自然法不是神圣的法令,或者条例，但这些是,我们发现的实践理性的法则,就像一种最佳的方式保护我们的幸福生活。

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Consider just the following passage from chapter 30, section 21. Hobbes writes: "For the use of laws, which are but rules authorized," he says, "is not to bind the people from all voluntary actions.

请大家想想30章第21部分,霍布斯的这段话：,法律的妙用，也即那些经君主授权的规章制度的用途，不是要约束人民,做那些他们本该做的事。

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