Dieser hat nur zu sorgen, daß jene nicht mächtiger werden; und er kann leicht diejenigen, welche das Haupt emporheben, niederdrücken, und also selbst die Oberhand behalten.
He has only to take care that they do not get hold of too much power and too much authority, and then with his own forces, and with their goodwill, he can easily keep down the more powerful of them, so as to remain entirely master in the country.