Their divers municipal laws appeared to me to be a means of restraining the ambition of the citizens within a narrow sphere, and of turning those same passions which might have worked havoc in the State, to the good of the township or the parish.
Haien udal-legeak beste hainbat hesi iruditu zitzaizkidan, hiritarren gutizia egonezinari esparru estu batean eusten ziotenak, eta Estatua irauli ahal izango zuketen grina demokratiko berak udalerriarentzat onuragarri bihurtzen zituztenak.