Upon the power which the greater part of the leading men, the natural aristocracy of every country, have of preserving or defending their respective importance, depends the stability and duration of every system of free government.
每个国家的大部分领导人,即自然贵族,拥有维持或捍卫各自重要性的权力,取决于每个自由政府制度的稳定性和持续时间。