It's what we lack the power to give away when we consent that limits government.

而是我们在同意的时候,无权放弃自然权利，从而限制了政府。

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I'm not free to take my own life or to sell my self into slavery or to give to somebody else arbitrary absolute power over me.

不能随意自杀,或出售自己成为奴隶,或给别人绝对权力，任意主宰我。

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How do I give up my right to do whatever is in my power to secure my person or my possessions, when I have no expectation, you might say, ? that others around me are prepared to do so as well?

我怎么能在我不期望,身边的人会这样做的时候，放弃我保护自身和财产安全，不受侵害的权利？

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On the one hand, we have these unalienable rights to life, liberty, and property, which means that even we don't have the power to give them up, and that's what creates the limits on legitimate government.

一方面，我们有不可剥夺的生命，自由和财产权，这意味着即使我们自己也无权放弃，正是这些权利，造成了对合法政府的限制。

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