So strong and far reaching are these rights that they raise the question of what, if anything, the state may do.

这些权利如此强大，如此深远,以至引发一个问题，如果有的话，政府可以做什么。

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He believed in a strong central state, which was a real departure for him from the rest of the pro-slavery writers.

他坚信有个强大的中央政府,在亲奴主义作家中,他的理论着实是个大飞跃

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