There are no authorities which are not overseen, within nonlinear structures. Constitutional language is formally constructed to eliminate all ambiguity and to be processed algorithmically. Democratic elements, along with official discretion, and legal judgment, is incorporated reluctantly, minimized in principle, and gradually eliminated through incremental formal improvement. Argument defers to mathematical expertise. Politics is a disease that the constitution is designed to cure.
"A Republic, If You Can Keep It" https://web.archive.org/web/20140327090001/http://www.thatsmags.com/shanghai/articles/12321 (2013) (original emphasis)
“One sole God;
One sole ruler, — his Law;
One sole interpreter of that law — Humanity.”
Life and Writings: Young Europe: General Principles. No. 1., reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1923), p. 318
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Italian patriot, politician and philosopher 1805–1872Related quotes
“A community of free men cannot exist if its spiritual base is not solely law.”
Christianity and Democracy (1943), p. 43.
“to have solely one thought, but it to be capable to destroy the universe.”
“Monopoly of one kind or another, indeed, seems to be the sole engine of the mercantile system.”
Source: (1776), Book IV, Chapter VII, Part Third, p. 684.
“It is so sad —
So very lonely — to be the sole one
In whom there is a sign of change!”
The Knight’s Tale from The London Literary Gazette: 31st July 1824 Poetic Sketches - 5th Series - Sketch the Third
The Vow of the Peacock (1835)
Source: Soul Curry for You and Me: An Empowering Philosophy that Can Enrich Your Life, P. 33.
“This view [of the infinite], which I consider to be the sole correct one, is held by only a few.”
As quoted in Journey Through Genius (1990) by William Dunham ~
Context: This view [of the infinite], which I consider to be the sole correct one, is held by only a few. While possibly I am the very first in history to take this position so explicitly, with all of its logical consequences, I know for sure that I shall not be the last!
Source: Guide for the Perplexed (c. 1190), Part III, Ch.24
Polly Peachum, in Act 3, scene 1, p. 74
Variant translation: The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.
The Threepenny Opera (1928)
