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"Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding [View all]
and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense.”
THOMAS JEFFERSON wrote that in a letter to William Johnson in 1823. William Johnson was a Supreme Court Justice appointed by Thomas Jefferson in 1804, and served until 1834. Here’s more of the passage the quote comes from...
Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at pleasure.”
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