He describes Mr Raab's approach to the investigation as " somewhat absolutist" .

他将拉布接调查的方式描述为“有点专制主义”。

And how could he do that without telling the story of 1812, when Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia helped trigger the authoritarianism the Decembrists were rebelling against?

这又不得不谈到1812年时，拿破仑对俄罗斯的入侵事件，触发了十二月党人所反对的专制主义。

Boundaries of this sort will upset the absolutists.

这种界限会使专制主义者不安。

And that little voice actually used to legitimate the authoritarianism.

而那个小小的声音实际上曾经被用来为专制主义辩护。

So suddenly the whole idea of authoritarianism gets called into question, right?

于是，突然之间，专制主义的整个概到了质疑，对吧？

And so they say, well, see, this is authoritarianism.

他们就说，你看，这就是专制主义。

OK, if you're an authoritarian, the minute you get power, you abuse it.

好吧，如果你是个专制主义者，一旦你获得了权力，你就会滥用它。

In the progress of despotism, the authority of the executive power gradually absorbs that of every other power in the state, and assumes to itself the management of every branch of revenue which is destined for any public purpose.

在专制主义的进程中，行政权力的权威逐渐吸了国家中所有其他权力的权力，并承担了对用于任何公共目的的每一个入部门的管理。

Charles was impressed by this absolutism and the manner in which King Philip IV, who had recently become ruler of Spain, presided over a government which had little time for consulting with the wider political nation in Spain.

查理四世对这种专制主义以及最近成为西班牙统治者的国王菲利普四世所的政府印象深刻，该政府几乎没有时间与西班牙更广泛的政治国家进行协商。

I think humanity as a whole, is like lemmings heading over a cliff with climate change and with the nuclear proliferation and just the religious hatreds and more the retreat to authoritarianism and fundamentalism and tribalism.

我认为整个人类就像一群盲目跟风的旅鼠，面对气候变化、核扩散、宗教仇恨，以及日益增长的专制主义、原教旨主义和部落主义。

A standing army, for instance, is incompatible with freedom; because subordination and rigour are the very sinews of military discipline; and despotism is necessary to give vigour to enterprises that one will directs.

例如，常备军与自由不相容；因为服从和严谨是军纪的支柱；专制主义对于赋予意志所指的企业以活力是必要的。

It's from an authoritarian playbook, which has no place in the U.S. I mean, Professor Brett Schneider, there are people listening and probably thinking, I'm an American citizen, so I'm safe.

这源自于专制主义的剧本，在美国没有立足之地。我是说，施耐德教授， 听众中可能有人会想，我是美国公民， 所以我是安全的。

The prosecution of a former FBI director is either justice being done, evidence of creeping autocracy, or a sad consequence of illegal warfare, which began as an attack on Donald Trump.

对这位前联邦调查局局长提起公诉， 要么是正义得以伸张，要么是悄然蔓延的专制主义的明证， 亦或是非法战争的悲惨后果，而这场战争最初是针对唐纳德·特朗普的攻击。

So, all notions that the British were trying to do their colonial enterprise out of enlightened despotism to try and bring the benefits of colonialism and civilisation to the benighted.

因此， 所有的想法认为英国人试图从开明的专制主义中进行他们的殖民企业，试图将殖民主义和文明的好处带给愚昧的人。

But all the autocrats have come to power in the world in the last 15 or so years on this wave of resurgent autocracies, they're all past oriented.

然而，在过去15年左右的时间里， 所有这些在世界范围内借助复兴专制主义浪潮上台的独裁者，具有浓厚的怀旧倾向。 他们宣称，我们曾拥有辉煌的过去， 必须重返那个时代。

So I just think that The reason why we're so susceptible to autocracy now is that we're no longer telling ourselves this positive story of the nation.

因此，我认为我们如今如此容易到专制主义影响的原因在于，我们不再向自己讲述这个国家积极发展的故事。

Obedience, unconditional obedience, is the catch-word of tyrants of every description, and to render " assurance doubly sure, " one kind of despotism supports another.

服从，无条件的服从，是形形色色的暴君的口号，为了使“保证更加可靠”，一种专制主义支持另一种专制主义。

Is this how you want history to remember you: as the handmaidens to authoritarianism that is on the rise all across the world?

历史会这样记住你吗：作为全球日益兴起的专制主义的帮凶？

The play itself is a critique of authoritarianism, of governments acting against their own citizens, and of the actions of Joseph McCarthy.

这出剧本身是对专制主义、政府对其公民采取的反动行为以及约瑟夫·麦卡锡行为的批判。

Yes, you need all that, but if you want to guarantee success against authoritarianism, you do have to get big enough.

是的，你需要所有这些，但如果你想确保在对抗专制主义时取得成功，就必须壮大到足够规模。