It accepted the premise that men were what they were and that the state had to control that by various devices.

宪法承认了人类本性的即存性,政府通过一系列手段掌控它们

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I just believe in a very limited form of democracy whereby we have a constitution that severely limits the scope of what decisions can be made democratically.

我只是支持有限民主,通过宪法来严格限制,可以由民主决议的事项范围。

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