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I have endeavoured to steer a middle course between the general…

Quote byRobert Peel · 1788–1850

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Home Secretary, Speech in the House of Commons (13 March 1827) on the consolidation of the criminal law.

English (original)

I have endeavoured to steer a middle course between the general verbosity of our English statutes, and the extreme brevity of the French criminal code. ... In the bills I have the honour of submitting to the House, a middle course has been steered between the redundancy of our own legal enactments, and the conciseness of the French code.

— Robert Peel

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