バーク『フランス革命の省察』（25）権利の平等
Far am I from denying in theory, full as far is my heart from withholding in practice, (if I were of power to give or to withhold,) the real rights of men. In denying their false claims of right, I do not mean to injure those which are real, and are such as their pretended rights would totally destroy. If civil society be made for the advantage of man, all the advantages for which it is made become his right. It is an institution of beneficence; and law itself is only beneficence acting by a rule. （私は、実在する人間の権利を、理論的に否定する気は毛頭ありませんし、（私に与えたり控えたりする力があるならば）、実践的に控える気も全くありません。彼らの偽りの権利主張を否定することで、実際に存在し、彼らの偽りの権利が完全に破壊してしまうような権利を傷付けるつもりもありません。もし民営社会が人間の利益のために作られるなら、それが作られるすべての利益は人間の権利となります。それは、善行の制度であり、法それ自体は、規則によって作用する善行に過ぎません）― cf. 半澤訳、 p. 75 Men have a right to live by that rule; they have a right to justice, as between their fellows, whether their fellows are in politic function or in ordinary occupation. They have a right to the fruits of their industry, and to the means of making their...