"Fidelity to the public requires that the laws be as plain and explicit as possible, that the less knowing may understand, and not be ensnared by them, while the artful evade their force." -- Samuel Cooke (1824-1898) Chief Justice of Michigan Supreme Court 1770
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Samuel.Cooke.Quote.8A44
"The federal criminal code currently includes more than 3,000 offenses and hardly a congressional session goes by without an attempt to add new sections." -- Stephen Chippendale
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Stephen.Chippendale.Quote.8A3B
"Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding, and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties, which may make anything mean everything or nothing at pleasure." -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Thomas.Jefferson.Quote.8B4A
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