One must not go to extremes in applying the principle of self-reliance.

不要把自力更生绝对化。

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“While self-reliance is a good principle in general, it may be neither efficient nor just if taken to extremes,” noted the ESS.

ESS语重心长的表示：自力更生一般来说当然是好的，但是如果走了极端，那么就既不有效率也不公正。

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The Syrian efforts were able to achieve a qualitative progress by adopting the principle of self-reliance and by seeking self-sufficiency in other economic domains.

叙利亚的这些努力得以取得质的进步，依靠的是在各种不同的领域，我们都依照自力更生这个原则，而在经济领域内则追求自给自足这样一个目标。

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Your reliance on this principle as blanket cover to avoid giving any public comment on the operation is misplaced and inconsistent.

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But more important is the principle of self-reliance.

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For that, the autarky enshrined in the North's guiding principle of Juche, or self-reliance, needs to make way for engagement with the outside world.

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