Full Idea
Lawyers argue whether that law which is most thoroughly thought out, or that which is easiest to understand, should prevail in a people.
Gist of Idea
Laws that are well thought out, or laws that are easy to understand?
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 459)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Human, All Too Human', ed/tr. Faber,Marion [Penguin 1994], p.219
A Reaction
Our system of speed limits is radically simplified, to save money on road signs, and facilitate enforcement. But then its inflexibility brings it into disrepute.