for a man's property is not at all secure, tho' there be good and equitable laws to set the bounds of it between him and his fellow subjects, if he who commands those subjects have power to take from any private man, what part he pleases of his property, and use and dispose of it as he thinks good.
Izan ere, pertsona baten jabetzak ez dira ziur izanen, gainontzeko pertsonenekiko bereizi eta mugak jarriko dizkien lege on eta justuak egon arren, hiritarrak gobernatzen dituen horrek boterea badauka bere nahierara hiritarren jabetzen zati bat beretzat hartzeko, eta nahi duenerako erabiltzea badu.