Chinese Quote by Harry Browne Download Open image “The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.” — Harry Browne ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chinese Constitution English Plain Written
If a language is corruptible, then a constitution written in that language is corruptible. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed. — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are established, limited,… — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
It doesn't really matter what one writes into a constitution. The important thing is what the collective instinct eventually makes of it. — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
The provisions of the Constitution are not mathematical formulas having their essence in their form; they are organic, living institutions transplanted from English soil.… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
“Interpreters, when challenged on their manipulations, tell us the Constitution was written for a different and simpler time. Actually, the genius of the Constitution… — Mark David Ledbetter Copy Share Image
The American Constitution is a written instrument full and complete in itself. No Court in America, no Congress, no President, can add a single… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
We have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, 'We, the people.' — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
The Constitution is a 200-year-old parchment, simply because we digitize the words should not suggest their meanings change. — Ed Markey Copy Share Image
What is a constitution? It is a booklet with twelve or ten pages. I can tear them away and say that tomorrow we shall… — Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Copy Share Image
If younger people see older people who haven't planned ahead and have to rely on charity, the young will be more likely to provide… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Everything we know about human nature and about government tells us that individuals using their own money will achieve far more good for themselves… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The American way was for commerce, personal relationships, and religion to be voluntary. No one was forced to participate in something he didn't want. — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Conservatives say the government can't end poverty by force, but they believe it can use force to make people moral. Liberals say government can't… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good consequences; if they're not, he'll suffer for… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Whatever the price, identify it now. What will you have to go through to get where you want to be? There is a price… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The first step in freeing yourself from social restrictions is the realization that there is no such thing as a safe code of conduct… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Only free people have an incentive to be virtuous. Only people who bear the consequences of their own acts will care about those consequences… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
So what is government?... Very simply, it is an agency of coercion. Of course, there are other agencies of coercion - such as the… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The press is hostile to the idea of liberty. Most people in the press are for big government. Most people think that the solution… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
There's nothing shameful in acknowledging that you don't have the answers to every question about life. Just accept the fact that you know only… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or Chinese pottery.… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
If China someday gains a more fair, just, and accountable system of government, it will be due to the hard work and efforts of… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
My grandparents were far more English in their manners than they were Chinese. For example, we spoke English at home, had afternoon tea every… — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
We can see nothing whatever of the soul unless it is visible in the expression of the countenance; one might call the faces at… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
Remember, sex is like a Chinese dinner. It ain't over 'til you both get your cookie. — Alec Baldwin Copy Share Image
The remarkable thing about the Chinese is that they've operated differently than the Russians, the Iranians, and the North Koreans. By and large, they… — David E. Sanger Copy Share Image
He sank into the rocking chair, the same one in which Rebecca had sat during the early days of the house to give embroidery… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
The Pink Panther wasn't shown to the press for reasons that soon became apparent when I saw it at a public performance. Two people… — Philip French Copy Share Image
The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to have only one child.… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image