hold down (reduce/curtail/constrict)

Goblet: 3:104 How shall a people (state) be taught in a fair (responsible) way if it itself and its authority are unfair (irresponsible) and unknowledgeable in the real truth and the wisdom and therefore in the teaching of the truth, the teaching of the spirit, the teaching of the life, because unfair (irresponsible) authorities make for themselves unfair (inadmissible/biased) laws and instructions and directives (ordinances/regulations) through which the people's freedom is held down (reduced/curtailed/constricted); ...