As long as the democratic revolution was glowing with heat, the men who were bent upon the destruction of old aristocratic powers hostile to that revolution, displayed a strong spirit of independence; but as the victory or the principle of equality became more complete, they gradually surrendered themselves to the propensities natural to that condition of equality, and they strengthened and centralized their governments. They had sought to be free in order to make themselves equal;
Iraultza demokratikoa bete-betean zegoen bitartean, honen aurka borrokatzen ziren antzinako botere aristokratikoak suntsitu nahian zebiltzanak independentzi izpiritu handia agertzen zuten, eta, berdintasunaren garaipena osoagoa bilakatu ahala, berdintasun honek beronek sortarazten dituen joera naturaletara abandonatzen ziren pixkanaka, eta gizarte-boterea indartzen eta zentralizatzen zuten.