"Peaceable secession! Your eyes and mine will never see that happen.

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The sovereign holds total power over all the institutions of civilian and ecclesiastical life, holding sway over a kind of peaceable kingdom.

君主拥有绝对的权力,它高于所有的平民机构或是教会机构，支配着和平的国家。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

There can be no such thing as peaceable secession.

VOA: special.2009.04.02