The majority has an entire control over the law when it is made and when it is executed; and as it possesses an equal authority over those who are in power and the community at large, it considers public officers as its passive agents, and readily confides the task of serving its designs to their vigilance.
Gehiengoak, legea egiteko eta honen betearaztea zaintzeko jaun eta jabe izanik, eta gobernari nahiz gobernatuen gain kontrol berdina duenez, funtzionari publikoak bere agente pasibotzat hartzen ditu eta gogo onez uzten du hauen gain bere egitasmoak betetzeko ardura.