And I perceive how, under the dominion of certain laws, democracy would extinguish that liberty of the mind to which a democratic social condition is favorable; so that, after having broken all the bondage once imposed on it by ranks or by men, the human mind would be closely fettered to the general will of the greatest number.
Eta ikusten dut demokraziak, zenbait legeren agintepean, iraungi egingo lukeela gizarte-egoera demokratikoak bultzatzen duen askatasun intelektuala, eta honela, antzina klaseek edo pertsonek jartzen zizkioten traba guztiak apurtu ondoren, giza izpiritua estu kateatuko litzaiokeela gehiengoaren borondate orokorrari.