One platform declared that the people of a territory had the right to decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

Hobbes in the Hobbesian doctrine of sovereignty, or the Hobbesian sovereign, to have a complete monopoly of power within his given territory.

在他的君主学说，或是霍布斯式的君主论中，霍布斯认为，在特定的领土中,存在着一种绝对的权利。

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But he believed that the people of a territory had the right to make their own decision to accept or reject slavery.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

He warned against violence. He said if party members attacked any officials or property of the territory or the federal government, party leaders should be charged with treason.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

Mr.Talabani,addressing the PKK directly, insisted that it had one of two choices: either to end it is military activities, or to leave Iraqi territory.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23