In governments, that is, in societies directed by laws, liberty can consist only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will.
Estatu batean, hau da, legeak dituen gizarte batean, libertatea ezin izan hauxe besterik: egin behar dena egin ahal izatea, eta egin behar ez dena egitera behartua ez izatea.