And just to simplify the discussion, put aside the question of law, let's assume that you as the jury are charged with deciding whether what they did was morally permissible or not.

为了简化讨论过程，撇开法律问题不谈，假设你们作为陪审团，只需裁定,他们的所作所为，在道德上是否是允许的。

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The breaking of even a single law calls into question the authority of law as such.

只要违反一条法律,即足够让法律的权威产生质疑。

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To question or disobey the law is tantamount to destroying the authority of the law.

质疑或违抗法律,等同于摧毁法律的权威。

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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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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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