To be sure, there are many other things that are crucial to the good life in peaceful, open societies: freedom of speech, religion, and association, and the power to choose – and remove – your own government. But nothing guarantees free societies' liberties as much as the application of the rule of law with equal force to the governed and the governing.
诚然，对于和平的开放社会而言，有许多其他东西对于好生活也至关重要：言论、宗教和结社自由以及选择（和推翻）你自己的政府权力。但没有一样东西可以像在治人者和治于人者之间公平地运用法治那样保证自由社会的自由。