Alexander Hamilton, Constitutions should consist only of general provisions

By Steve Straub
Published May 29, 2013 at 10:09am

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.

Alexander Hamilton, Elliot’s Debates, volume 2, p. 364

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