It shows us how political authority can be justified but only by accepting that moral authority limits it.

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"Rather than just accepting enormous budget cuts the fire authority should be telling the government that they are totally unacceptable, " he said.

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Mr Chavez now has the power as well as the authority to cajole Venezuelans into accepting that their oil- fuelled, state-dominated economy has failed them.

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