If both religion and reason are removed, all that remains is will and power, where the only law is the law of tooth and claw.

如果宗教和理性都被世人所摒弃,那么世间就只剩下了权力和欲望,而这世间唯一准则就只剩下了弱肉强食

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She believes regional governments have too much power and wants to claw back central control over, for example, education.

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He has begun to claw back a bit of power at Mr Lafontaine's expense with some shrewd counter-appointments.

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This time around there is much less scope for the Tories to claw their way back to power by the strength of ideas alone.

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