"Lots of countries have great constitutions, but their……" — Adam Davidson
"Lots of countries have great constitutions, but their leaders have a practice of ignoring the rules whenever they feel like it."
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23 Quotes by Adam Davidson
Adam Davidson has 23 quotes on this site.
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Happiness quantification sounds a bit wishy-washy, sure, and through a series of carefully administered surveys across the globe, economists and…
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Happiness statistics may be most valuable in smaller, local discussions. Understanding how different sorts of programs affect the well-being of…
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Most rich countries have reported increases in happiness as they become richer.
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Much of what we consider the American way of life is rooted in the period of remarkably broad, shared economic…
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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Perhaps concentrated wealth will inspire a nation of innovative problem-solvers. But if the view of many economists is right -…
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One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits…
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We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple and…
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The America that I think most Americans would want, most economists on the right or left would want, is one…
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In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work…
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It makes me happy to think that this world of art-as-investment is a minuscule fraction of the art world overall.…
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More Constitutions Quotes
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A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings…
— Joseph Addison
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Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions,…
— Thomas Jefferson
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We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We…
— James Madison
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I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon law and upon courts. These…
— Learned Hand
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Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon…
— William Howard Taft
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But while property is considered as the basis of the freedom of the American yeomanry, there are other auxiliary supports;…
— Noah Webster
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It will be remembered, that a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is solemnly enjoined by most of the state constitutions,…
— James Madison
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It is (our) duty . . . to pay especial attention to the principles of government which shall be inculcated…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Men that look no further than their outsides, think health an appurtenance unto life, and quarrel with their constitutions for…
— Thomas Browne
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Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish…
— Thomas Jefferson
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As a matter of law the states recognized no constraints on their legislative scope other than those that were self-imposed.…
— Immanuel Wallerstein
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Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of…
— Alexander Hamilton
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