in principle political office is open to all by virtue of their

原则上政治职务向所有人开放
membership in society alone?

依据他们个人在社会的资格
Will the best regime be a small closed society that through

最佳政体将会是一个小型封闭社会吗
generations has made a supreme sacrifice towards self-perfection?

多代后已壮烈牺牲于自我完善中
Think of that.

想想这一问题或者
Or will the best regime be a large cosmopolitan order embracing

最佳政体将会是一个大型的国际秩序吗
all human beings, perhaps even a kind of universal

拥抱全人类或许是一种普遍性的
League of Nations consisting of all free and equal men and women?

国际联盟由所有自由平等的人类参与
Whatever form the best regime takes, however, it will always favor a

然而无论最佳政体采用什么形式它都
certain kind of human being with a certain set of character traits.

偏袒某些人且会有一些特定性格特征
Is that type the common man, is it found in democracies;

这属一般大众类型吗存在于民主中吗
those of acquired taste and money, as in aristocracies;

或是存于那些得体富有的如同