When the right of every citizen to co-operate in the government of society is acknowledged, every citizen must be presumed to possess the power of discriminating between the different opinions of his contemporaries, and of appreciating the different facts from which inferences may be drawn.
Gizartea gobernatzeko eskubidea bakoitzari onartzen zaionean, bere garaikideak astintzen dituzten iritzi ezberdinen artean aukeratzeko gaitasuna ere onartu behar zaio, baita zenbait egitate baloratzekoa ere, berauen ezagutzak gida badezake.