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“comme seul but” in English

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Nous nous sommes accommodés de régimes autoritaires qui n'avaient comme seul but que de répondre à nos angoisses.
We accepted authoritarian regimes, when their sole aim was to confirm our fears.
Cela s' appelle le principe de précaution, un principe valable en soi, mais qui autorise toutes les aberrations s' il est utilisé par des ministres ou des fonctionnaires qui n' ont comme seul but que de se couvrir contre toute prise de responsabilités.
This is called the precautionary principle, in itself a valid principle, but one which authorises all sorts of aberrations if it is used by Ministers or officials whose only purpose is to cover themselves against taking any sort of responsibility.

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