Today's Quote

If this were enforced there would be less need for tort reform.

"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 verything or nothing at pleasure."

-- Thomas Jefferson (letter to William Johnson, 12 June 1823)

Reference: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Memorial Edition, Lipscomb and Bergh, eds., vol. 15 (450)