But in absolute states, there's no doubt who rules and who helps rule.

但是,在绝对主义的国家里,谁是统治者谁是帮手,这是不容置疑的

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He's more likely to be someone who plays by the rules, avoids dangers, and bets on the sure thing.

他们只会循规守据,只做自己有把握的事情，绝不做任何有风险的事。

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You have some kind of a lord, I mean a king, for lack of a better name, a monarch who fundamentally rules and everybody is subject to him.

你会想到领主,也就是国王,我想不出更好的说法了,统治者制定规则,一切都要臣服于他

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Governments establish regulators who set down rules for participants in financial markets and these rules may be perceived as onerous and costly to people in the financial community, but ultimately it's their salvation and it's what makes everything possible.

政府设立监管机构,监管机构为金融市场的参与者,制定法规条令,这些规则对金融界,有着极其严格的约束,但这些规则最终使得金融界运作良好,免遭灭顶之灾

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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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