The order of succession is, in monarchies, founded on the welfare of the state; this makes it necessary that such an order should be fixed to avoid the misfortunes, which I have said must arise in a despotic kingdom, where all is uncertain, because all is arbitrary.
Ondorengotza-ordena, monarkietan, Estatuaren onean oinarritzen da. Estatuak eskatzen du ordena hori finkoa izan dadila, despotismoan gertatzen diren zorigaitzak gerta ez daitezen, han, dena arbitrarioa denez, dena baita ziurgabea.