I have not separated the political from the civil institutions, as I do not pretend to treat of laws, but of their spirit; and as this spirit consists in the various relations which the laws may bear to different objects, it is not so much my business to follow the natural order of laws as that of these relations and objects.
Ez ditut bereizi lege politikoak zibiletatik. Izan ere, ez naiz legeez ari, baizik eta legeen izpirituaz; eta izpiritu hori legeek hainbat gauzarekin dituzten erlazioetan datzanez, gutxiago atxiki behar izan natzaio legeen ordena naturalari, erlazio horien eta gauza horien ordenari baino.