The knowledge already acquired in some countries, or that may be hereafter attained in others, concerning the surest rules to be observed in criminal judgments, is more interesting to mankind than any other thing in the world. Liberty can be founded on the practice of this knowledge only;
Epaiketa kriminaletan izan daitezkeen araurik seguruenei buruz herri batzuetan lortu diren ezagupenak, eta beste batzuetan lortuko direnak, munduan den beste ezer baino gehiago interesatzen zaizkio gizateriari. Ezagupen horien praktikaren gainean baizik ezin da oinarritu libertatea;