For all of his tough talk, Hobbes takes justice and the rule of law very seriously, far more seriously than, for example, does Machiavelli.

在他那些强硬的措辞中可看出,霍布斯对正义和法律的态度，始终是极为严谨的，比马基雅维利的态度要严谨得多。

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Rule of law presupposes that there is a form of justice or right natural to us.

有种正义的形式或权利,对我们而言是自然的。

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But so long as there is a non-arbitrary rule of law, then it's permissible.

但只要有一部非专制的法律，那这就是允许的。

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Aristotle raises the question a very important question whether the rule of law is to be referred to the rule of the best the best individual.

亚里士多德提出了问题,一个很重要的问题,法治是否应与最优统治者,最优的个体产生连结。

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But in any case the Aristotelian statesman's goal will be restoration of the conditions of constitutional government and rule of law as quickly and again as efficiently as possible.

但无论如何,亚里士多德式政治家的目标,将是要尽快及有效地恢复,宪法政府与法治的条件,随着这个坚强不屈的批注。

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What does count as a violation is an arbitrary taking because that would essentially say, not only to Bill Gates, but to everyone, there is no rule of law.

只有肆意掠夺才算侵犯自然权利,因为从本质上说，那不仅侵犯了比尔·盖茨，还侵犯了其他人，那样就毫无法治可言。

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To engage in civil disobedience of any kind is not only to call this or that rule into question but it is to call into question the very nature of law, the very question of the rules.

任何形式的公民违抗,都不仅是质疑那项单一法规,更是质疑法律的本质，质疑所有的法规。

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