It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.

James Madison (1751-1836)

The only people who have read the U.S. tax laws are those people looking for a way to evade taxes.

This quote by Madison is amazing. He could never have forseen the ease with which word processors can copy, paste and assemble reams of verbiage. Based on the fact that I cannot understand the instruction booklet for U.S. Income Taxes, and feel compelled to pay someone else to calculate them, we may be trending toward utter incomprehensibility.

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Knowledge can be communicated, but wisdom cannot. A man can find it, he can live it, he can be filled and sustained by it, but he cannot utter or teach it. -- Hermann Hesse

It makes lawyers alot of money.

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"Supposin' I was to go to work and learn how to... to read writin'. Well, how'd I know that the feller that... that wrote the writin' was a writin' the writin' right? See it could be that he wrote the writin' all wrong. Here I'd be just a readin' wrong writin', don't ya see? You probably been doin' it your whole life, just a readin' wrong writin' and not even knowin‘ it." Festus

whenever a situation arises, and they dont have proper solution for that - a new law come into existence. This in a way is helpful so that from next time if the same type of situation is met , one can always go back, find the law and give justice for such situations. No doubt what Sir James Madison have said is true and that people dont have much knowledge about the laws until they actually face any situation and refer the law or become aware of that.

I think the most intelligent minds of the world have this amazing ability to speak simply, in simple terms, in which everything that exists in the world, in all its complexities,can be understood by children and the most humble among us.

Depends on who's idea of plain English... we could end up with:

itl B of lil avail 2 d ppl dat d laws r md by men of thr own choiC f d laws B so lg dat dey cnot B read, or so confusn dat dey cnot B sussed.

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Arguing with a creationist is like playing chess with a pigeon. It'll knock over the pieces, crap on the board, and fly back to it's flock to claim victory.

Anyone try to read the laws the US Congress writes?

About lawyers....

One lawyer got a new Lexus. He parked in front of his business. Just when he opened his door, a truck came too close and tear the door off. The attorney was swearing and yelling. A policeman was the accident. He went to the attorney and told him to calm down. The attorney was still yelling and swearing so the policeman said, "Do you realize that you are missed your arm?" The attorney yelled, "F---, my Rolex!!"

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I am carrying my heart~I am carrying my rhythm~I am carrying my prayers~But you can't kill my spirit~It's soaring and strong (Paula Cole's Me Lyrics)***We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We ARE spirtual beings having a human experience.(T.deChardin)***There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. (Albert Einstein)

Hell yes, James Madison, why isn't there a good beer named after you!?

You, sir, have made me lol.

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