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| (11) Non enim cives propter consules nec gens propter regem, sed e converso consules propter cives et rex propter gentem; quia quemadmodum non politia ad leges, quinymo leges ad politiam ponuntur, sic secundum legem viventes non ad legislatorem ordinantur, sed magis ille ad hos, ut etiam Phylosopho placet in hiis que de presenti materia nobis ab eo relicta sunt. | (11) For citizens do not exist for the sake of consuls, nor the people for the sake of the king, but on the contrary consuls exist for the sake of the citizens and the king for the people; for just as a political community is not formed for the sake of the laws, but the laws are framed for the benefit of the political community, in the same way those whose lives are governed by the law are not there for the sake of the legislator, but rather he is there for their sake, as Aristotle says in those writings he left to us on this subject. |