The law and the constitution are like a child's pants. They've got to be made wider and longer as the child grows so as to fit him. If they're kept too tight, he'll burst them; and if you're in a hurry and make them too big all at once, they'll trip him up.


Ch. XIV "The End of the Road", I - The Path of the King (1921)

John Buchan Quotes

The law and the constitution are like a child's pants. They've got to be made wider and longer as the child grows so as to fit him. If they're kept...

The law and the constitution are like a child's pants. They've got to be made wider and longer as the child grows so as to fit him. If they're kept...

The law and the constitution are like a child's pants. They've got to be made wider and longer as the child grows so as to fit him. If they're kept...

The law and the constitution are like a child's pants. They've got to be made wider and longer as the child grows so as to fit him. If they're kept...