171. Secondly, Political power is that power, which every man having in the state of nature, has given up into the hands of the society, and therein to the governors, whom the society hath set over itself, with this express or tacit trust, that it shall be employed for their good, and the preservation of their property:
171. Bigarrenik, botere politikoa da gizaki orok naturazko egoeran zuen boterea, horri uko egin ondoren, gizarteari eta, modu berean, bere gobernariei ematen die; guztion onerako eta jabetzen babeserako erabiliko den baldintza esplizitu edo inplizituarekin.