This nation is passionately fond of liberty, because this liberty is real; and it is possible for it, in its defence, to sacrifice its wealth, its ease, its interest, and to support the burden of the heaviest taxes, even such as a despotic prince durst not lay upon his subjects.
Nazio horrek ezin maiteago izango luke bere libertatea, libertate hori benetakoa izango litzatekeelako, eta baliteke ezen, hura defendatzeko, bere ona, erosotasuna, interesak sakrifikatzea, bere burua printzerik absolutuenak ere bere sujetei inoiz ezarriko ez lizkiekeen zerga gogorrenez zamatzea.