The political institutions of the United States appear to me to be one of the forms of government which a democracy may adopt; but I do not regard the American Constitution as the best, or as the only one, which a democratic people may establish.
Estatu Batuetako konstituzio politikoa demokraziak bere gobernuari eman diezaiokeen formetako bat iruditzen zait; baina erakunde amerikarrak ez ditut jotzen herri demokratiko batek beregana ditzakeen ez erakunde bakartzat, ezta onenentzat ere.