for no man or society of men, having a power to deliver up their preservation, or consequently the means of it, to the absolute will and arbitrary dominion of another; when ever any one shall go about to bring them into such a slavish condition, they will always have a right to preserve, what they have not a power to part with; and to rid themselves of those, who invade this fundamental, sacred, and unalterable law of self-preservation, for which they entered into society.
Hortaz, erkidegoak beti dauka inoren azpikeria eta joko txarrak saihesteko botere gorena, baita legegileenak ere, euren jokabidea hiritarren askatasun edo jabetzen aurka neurriak asmatu eta burutzeko bezain ergela edo maltzurra denean. Baina ez da erkidego edo pertsonarik bere bizi-iraupenari eta hau erdiesteko bitartekoei uko egin diezaiekeenik, beste norbaiten nahiera absolutuaren eta nagusitasun arbitrarioaren onerako.