“[A]ttempts to treat constitutional doctrine neutrally elide important questions and obscure available answers.”
American Constitutional Law (1978), Preface to the First Edition
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American lawyer and law school professor 1941Related quotes
Source: Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005-2009), The Traveler (2005), Ch. 2
“A constitution should be short and obscure.”
Napoleon I of France
(1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Quoted in The Life of Napoleon I by John Holland Rose as an exchange between Roederer and Talleyrand
Roederer tells us ("Œuvres," vol. iii., p. 428) that he had drawn up two plans of a constitution for the Cisalpine; the one very short and leaving much to the President, the other precise and detailed. He told Talleyrand to advise Bonaparte to adopt the former as it was "short and" — he was about to add "clear" when the diplomatist cut him short with the words, "Yes: short and obscure!"
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Laura Riding Jackson
(1901–1991) poet, critic, novelist, essayist and short story writer
"The Idea of God" from Essays from Epilogue (Manchester: Carcanet, 2001)
“The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.”
William O. Douglas
(1898–1980) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
The Court years, 1939-1975: The Autobiography of William O. Douglas (1980), p. 8
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Labīd
(560–661) Sahabah and poet
Translated by C. J. Lyall, quoted in Arabian Poetry, p. 42 https://archive.org/details/arabianpoetryfo00clougoog/page/n127/mode/2up
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Ben Witherington III
(1951) American religion academic
Prolegomenon
New Testament History : A Narrative Account (2001)
Pamphilus to Hermippus, Prologue
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (1779)
“Dear Daddy-Long-Legs,
You never answered my question and it was very important.
ARE YOU BALD?”
Source: Daddy-Long-Legs