and if the laws of a democracy are not always worthy of respect, at least they always obtain it; for those who usually infringe the laws have no excuse for not complying with the enactments they have themselves made, and by which they are themselves benefited, whilst the citizens whose interests might be promoted by the infraction of them are induced, by their character and their stations, to submit to the decisions of the legislature, whatever they may be.
Honela, bada, nahiz eta beti ez izan errespetagarriak demokraziaren legeak, ia beti errespetatzen dituzte, zeren eta, oro har, legeak hausten dituztenek ezin baitituzte bete gabe utzi berek egindakoak eta beren probetxurako direnak, eta legea hausteko interesa izan lezaketen hiritarrak beren izaera eta jarrerak bultzatzen ditu legegilearen edozelako borondatearen menpe jartzera.