It will be of little avail to the people if the laws are so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.

  • -- James Madison Jr 詹姆斯·麦迪逊

如果法律过于繁冗,无法阅读,或者过于杂乱无章,无法理解,那对人民就没有什么帮助。

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And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being.

当我站在那里的时候,我看到的比我能说的更多,我理解的比我看到的更多;因为我以一种神圣的方式看到了精神中所有事物的形状,以及所有形状的形状,因为它们必须像一个整体一样生活在一起。

For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of good manners that law may be maintained.

因为律法既是必须的、〔有古卷在此有良善的规条〕照样、也必须有良善的规条、〔有古卷在此有良善的规条〕律法才能保全。

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never.

烈士们,我的朋友,必须在被遗忘、被嘲笑和被利用之间做出选择。至于被理解——永远不会。

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

权力总是认为…当它违反了上帝的所有律法时,它就是在为上帝服务。