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Countries that rely more extensively on external checks also have stronger traditions of individual self-help and assertiveness. People are expected to defend their own rights. The government helps those who help themselves, the corollary being that government cannot be trusted not to abuse power.

(Es un fragmento de un libro de David Bayley, "Patterns of Plicing". No entiendo bien la construcción de esa frase. Se me había ocurrido "...de lo que se deduce que este no es capaz si no hace abuso de poder." Pero no estaría respetando el significado de "Trusted").