As I have heard some say, that Justice is but a word, without substance; and that whatsoever a man can by force, or art, acquire to himselfe, (not onely in the condition of warre, but also in a Common-wealth,) is his own, which I have already shewed to be false: So there be also that maintain, that there are no grounds, nor Principles of Reason, to sustain those essentiall Rights, which make Soveraignty absolute.
Baten bati entzun diodan moduan zera esaten, hots, justizia hitz hutsa besterik ez dela eta norbaitek indarrez eskura dezakeen edozer berea duela, gerra egoeran ezezik Estatu barnean ere-faltsua dela demostratu dudana dagoeneko-, bada defendatzen duenik ere ez dagoela oinarririk ez arrazoiaren printzipiorik subiranotasun absolutua osatzen duten funtsezko eskubide horiek sustrai ditzakeenik.