and since the legislative is no otherwise legislative of the society, but by the right it has to make laws for all the parts, and for every member of the society, prescribing rules to their actions, and giving power of execution, where they are transgressed, the legislative must needs be the supreme, and all other powers, in any members or parts of the society, derived from and subordinate to it.
Eta botere legegilea gizartearekiko-alderdi guztiekiko eta gizarteko partaideekiko-maila gorengoan dagoenez, legeak egiteko ahalmena baitu, baita ekintzak arautzerakoan eta arauak hausten direnean botere betearazlea ematekoa ere, horregatik guztiagatik da botere legegilea gorena, eta gizarteko kide edo zati batek duen botere guztia hartatik dator eta haren menpe dago.