Butthecaseistotallydifferentwithrespecttotheinstitutionofcivilgovernment，organizedonthesystemofrepresentation。Suchagovernmenthascognizanceofeverything，andofeverymanasamemberofthenationalsociety，whetherhehaspropertyornot；and，therefore，theprinciplerequiresthateveryman，andeverykindofright，berepresented，ofwhichtherighttoacquireandtoholdpropertyisbutone，andthatnotofthemostessentialkind。
Theprotectionofaman\'spersonismoresacredthantheprotectionofproperty；andbesidesthis，thefacultyofperforminganykindofworkorservicesbywhichheacquiresalivelihood，ormaintaininghisfamily，isofthenatureofproperty。Itispropertytohim；hehasacquiredit；
anditisasmuchtheobjectofhisprotectionasexteriorproperty，possessedwithoutthatfaculty，canbetheobjectofprotectioninanotherperson。
Ihavealwaysbelievedthatthebestsecurityforproperty，beitmuchorlittle，istoremovefromeverypartofthecommunity，asfarascanpossiblybedone，everycauseofcomplaint，andeverymotivetoviolence；
andthiscanonlybedonebyanequalityofrights。Whenrightsaresecure，propertyissecureinconsequence。Butwhenpropertyismadeapretenseforunequalorexclusiverights，itweakenstherighttoholdtheproperty，andprovokesindignationandtumult；foritisunnaturaltobelievethatpropertycanbesecureundertheguaranteeofasocietyinjuredinitsrightsbytheinfluenceofthatproperty。