if, in short, you are of opinion that the principal object of a Government is not to confer the greatest possible share of power and of glory upon the body of the nation, but to ensure the greatest degree of enjoyment and the least degree of misery to each of the individuals who compose it-if such be your desires, you can have no surer means of satisfying them than by equalizing the conditions of men, and establishing democratic institutions.
azkenik, zuen ustez, gobernuaren helburu nagusia ez baldin bada nazioko gorputz osoari ahalik eta indarrik edo aintzarik handiena ematea, baizik eta gizartea osatzen duen bakoitzari ahalik eta ongizaterik handiena eman eta ahalik eta atsekaberik gehien ekiditea; orduan, berdindu baldintzak eta eratu demokraziaren gobernua.