But whether the mischief hath oftener begun in the peoples wantonness, and a desire to cast off the lawful authority of their rulers, or in the rulers insolence, and endeavours to get and exercise an arbitrary power over their people; whether oppression, or disobedience, gave the first rise to the disorder, I leave it to impartial history to determine.
Alabaina, historiak inpartzialki erabaki beharko du kalte handiena normalean herrien zentzugabekeriak eta gobernarien autoritate legitimoa akabatzeko desioak dakarren ala, aldiz, gobernarien lotsagabekeriak eta beraien herriengan botere arbitrarioa ezartzeko saiakerek sortu dituzten erreboltarik gehienak;