Sentence examples of "oblige" in English
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
La ficción está obligada a apegarse a las posibilidades. La verdad no.
The government was obliged to make changes in its foreign policy.
El gobierno se vio obligado a hacer cambios en su política exterior.
It happened that in August, 1984 my work obliged me to go to Okinawa.
Pasó que en agosto de 1984 mi trabajo me obligó a ir a Okinawa.
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
Si los hombres fueran ángeles, no sería necesario ningún gobierno. Si los ángeles gobernaran a los hombres, no sería necesario ningún control externo ni interno sobre el gobierno. Al formar un gobierno que va a ser administrado por hombres sobre hombres, la gran dificultad reside aquí: debes primero permitir al gobierno controlar a los gobernados y después obligarlo a controlarse a sí mismo.
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