中国的崛起和俄罗斯的复兴挑战了自由民主是唯一可行的政府形式的观念。
The state is the most important institution in human society because it is the only one that can legitimately use force to maintain order.
国家是人类社会中最重要的机构，因为它是唯一可以合法使用武力来维持秩序的机构。
The most important political development of the last half century has been the spread of liberal democracy around the world.
过去半个世纪最重要的政治发展是自由民主在世界范围内的传播。
The great challenge of modern politics is to reconcile the demands of identity with the requirements of liberal democracy.
现代政治的巨大挑战是将身份认同的要求与自由民主的要求相调和。
The spread of liberal democracy and the integration of the world economy have created a situation in which the major powers are no longer willing to go to war with one another.
自由民主的传播和世界经济的整合创造了一种情况，即大国不再愿意相互开战。
The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is the most political part of the human personality because it is what drives people to want to be recognized as superior to others.
对认可的渴望，灵魂中的激情部分，是人格中最具政治性的部分，因为它驱使人们希望被认可为优于他人。
The most successful societies in the world are those that have been able to combine the strengths of the state with the strengths of the market.
世界上最成功的社会是那些能够将国家的力量与市场的力量结合起来的社会。
Liberal democracy may constitute the "end point of mankind's ideological evolution" and the "final form of human government," and as such constituted the "end of history."
The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.
The spread of liberal democracy around the world is not inevitable, but it is the most likely outcome given the alternatives.
自由民主在世界范围内的传播并非不可避免，但考虑到其他选择，它是最有可能的结果。
The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is what drives human history.
对认可的渴望，灵魂中的激情部分，是推动人类历史的力量。
The most successful societies in the world are those that have been able to combine a strong state with the rule of law and democratic accountability.