87. Man being born, as has been proved, with a title to perfect freedom, and an uncontrouled enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of the law of nature, equally with any other man, or number of men in the world, hath by nature a power, not only to preserve his property, that is, his life, liberty and estate, against the injuries and attempts of other men; but to judge of, and punish the breaches of that law in others, as he is persuaded the offence deserves, even with death itself, in crimes where the heinousness of the fact, in his opinion, requires it.
87. Frogatu dugun bezala, gizakia askatasun osorako tituluaz jaiotzen da, eta lege naturalak eskaintzen dituen ahalmen eta eskubide guztiez gozatzeko mugarik gabe, gainontzeko pertsonen maila berean. Naturaz pertsona bakoitzak du, halaber, bere jabetza babesteko boterea, hau da, bere bizitza, askatasun eta azienda beste edonoren aurrean babestekoa eta lege hori hausten dutenak epaitzeko eta zehatzekoa, bere arrazoiak esaten dionaren arabera, heriotza zigorra ezartzekoa ere, eginiko krimena benetan krudela dirudielarik bere ustetan holako zigorra merezi duenean.