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。

I got married because I wanted to do something that was more than I understood, because my feelings were more than I understood.

我结婚是因为我想做一些超出我理解的事情,因为我的感情超出了我的理解。

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。

One with the law is a majority.

一个有法律的人就是多数。