To condemn a political opponent to death, in order to deprive him of his power, is to commit what all the world would execrate as a horrible assassination; but to declare that opponent unworthy to exercise that authority, to deprive him of it, and to leave him uninjured in life and limb, may be judged to be the fair issue of the struggle.
boterea kentzeko arerio politikoa heriotza-zigorrera kondenatzea, hilketa beldurgarria da guztientzat; botere hori berori edukitzeko kontrakoa ezduintzat deklaratzea, eta, askatasuna eta bizitza utziz, boterea kentzea, borrokaren emaitza zintzoa dela eman dezake.