| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 7743 |
| QUOTATION: | A Constitution should be short and obscure. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Napoleon Bonaparte (17691821), French general, emperor. said at Conference of Swiss Deputies, Jan. 29, 1803. |
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