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。

To a sovereign, on the contrary, who feels himself supported, not only by the natural aristocracy of the country, but by a well regulated standing army, the rudest, the most groundless, and the most licentious remonstrances, can give little disturbance.

相反，对于一个感到自己不仅得到国内自然贵族的支持，而且得到一支训练有素的常备军支持的君主，最粗鲁、最无根据和最放肆的抗议也不会造成什么干扰。