Democracy, in final analysis,is a system of governance based not only in trust but also distrust.

归根结底，民主就是治理体系,不仅基于信任，也以不信任为基础。

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Only a small city, small enough to be governed by relations of trust, can be political, in Aristotle's sense of the term.

仅有一座小城，小到能由信任的关系来管治，才能称作是政治社会，这是以亚里士多德的标准看来。

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Well,the only people who would buy it are people who trust the bank that supports it, so in effect, the bank is promising to bail out the SIV if it should get in trouble.

只有人们相信设立SIV的银行的时候,他们才会去买SIV发行的票据,所以实际上,银行已经作出承诺,如果SIV陷入麻烦,银行会出面解决

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Trust can only be extended to a fairly small circle of friends and fellow citizens.

信任只能延伸到,一个极小的,朋友圈子及同邦公民。

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