To this end it is that men give up all their natural power to the society which they enter into, and the community put the legislative power into such hands as they think fit, with this trust, that they shall be governed by declared laws, or else their peace, quiet, and property will still be at the same uncertainty, as it was in the state of nature.
Horretarako, pertsonek daukaten botere guztiari uko egiten diote, eta botere legegilea hoberen dagokiola iruditzen zaionari ematen dio erkidegoak, lege adierazien bidez gobernatuak izan daitezen. Bestela, beraien bakea, lasaitasuna eta jabetzak ez lirateke ziur egonen, naturazko egoeran zeuden moduan.