Provision Quotes

238 quotes by 192 authors

In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they… — Benjamin Franklin
Among the many important provisions in the energy bill are the creation of an estimated half million new jobs, increased oil production, blackout protection, controlling… — Paul Gillmor
It's a fact of life that there will be oil spills, as long as oil is moved from place to place, but we must have… — Sylvia Earle
Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change… — Alexander Hamilton
In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the… — Rutherford B. Hayes
Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work. — Karl Kraus
It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from… — James Madison
I had daydreams and fantasies when I was growing up. I always wanted to live in a log cabin at the foot of a mountain.… — Linda McCartney
The Hebrew Bible contains multiple provisions to ensure that no one would go hungry. The corners of the field, forgotten sheaves of grain, gleanings that… — Jonathan Sacks
Had the United States and the United Kingdom gone on alone to capture Baghdad, under the provisions of the Geneva and Hague conventions we would… — Norman Schwarzkopf
Every American, regardless of their background, has the right to live free of unwarranted government intrusion. Repealing the worst provisions of the Patriot Act will… — Pete Stark
Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction. — Jonathan Swift
This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us,… — Voltaire
Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really… — E. O. Wilson
In the Old Testament, we are continually told that our good works are not enough, that God has made a provision. This provision is pointed… — Tullian Tchividjian
But all provisions that He (God) has made for the gratification of our sensesâ€¦are much inferior to the provision, the wonderful provision that He has… — John Adams
I mean to say, I know perfectly well that I've got, roughly speaking, half the amount of brain a normal bloke ought to possess. And… — P.G. Wodehouse
I had a Viking sense of entitlement to whatever provisions I could plunder. — Jonathan Franzen
It is a foolish woman who expects her husband to be to her that which only Jesus Christ Himself can be: always ready to forgive,… — Ruth Graham

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