It is about a ruler who believes wrongly that his wife has been with another man.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

But there's a theoretical framework, and it will catch up with the French monarchs, among others, later-- that the ruler must be a father, a benevolent figure.

不过,有一种理论框架,使法国的君主终自食恶果,这种理论认为统治者必是父亲一样善良的人

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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“

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

They made it clear to the former Nigerian military ruler that a return to constitutional order is a pre-condition for direct talks with President Mamadou Tandja.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14