The general will is always in the right, but the judgment which guides it is not always enlightened. It must be got to see objects as they are, and sometimes as they ought to appear to it; it must be shown the good road it is in search of, secured from the seductive influences of individual wills, taught to see times and spaces as a series, and made to weigh the attractions of present and sensible advantages against the danger of distant and hidden evils.
Nahi orokorra beti arteza da, baina hura gidatzen duen jujamendua ez da beti argitua. Diren bezala, batzuetan ager dakizkion komeni den bezala, ikusarazi behar zaizkio gauzak, eta bila dabilen bide ona erakutsi; nahi partikularren liluramendutik begiratu behar da, lekuak eta garaiak begien aitzinean jarri, eta oraingo abantaila nabarien agradagarritasuna geroko makurbide izkutuen perilaz orekatu.Lagun Lagun