They were not ready for self-government. So,there was nothing for us to do but to take them all.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

The most excellent princes of the past were those like Moses, he tells us, who brought tables of law and prepared people for self-government.

历史上最杰出的君王是摩西那样的,他告诉我们，摩西带来了刻有法律的石板,而后让人们据此来自治。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Restraint or self-control is necessary for freedom or self-government.

克制与自控,是自由的必备条件或自我管理。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The Spanish government promised the Cuban people equal rights and self-rule -- but in the future.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

Then I want to talk in the next lecture about regulation, which means government oversight of financial markets and not just government oversight, there are also the so-called self-regulatory organizations that are created in the financial industry to self regulate.

接下来的一课,会讲到金融监管,政府对金融市场的监管,不仅仅如此,还有金融界为了,监督自身而创设的,我们称为,自我监管的组织

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Liberal Democrats support the proposal for a self-supporting government insurance plan to compete with private ones.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

He decided to keep the islands and prepare the people for self-government in the future.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

Addressing the General Assembly, Israel's Ambassador Gabriela Shalev repeated her government's position that Israel was acting in self-defense.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04