The sovereign, being necessarily and incontestably above all the citizens, excites not their envy, and each of them thinks that he strips his equals of the prerogative which he concedes to the crown.
Subiranoak, derrigorrez eta aurkakotasunik gabe, hiritar guztien gainetik dagoelarik, ez du inoren inbidia sortzen, eta bakoitzak uste du bere parekideei kentzen dizkiela hark ematen dizkion prerrogatiba guztiak.