Provision Quotes

238 quotes by 195 authors

The truth is that the general genius of a government is all that can be substantially relied upon for permanent effects. Particular provisions, though not… — Alexander Hamilton
This Government, the offspring of your own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the… — George Washington
[I]n framing a Government for a nation we ought, in those provisions which are designed to be permanent, to calculate not on temporary, but on… — Alexander Hamilton
Experience assures us, that the efficacy of the provision has been greatly over-rated; and that some more adequate defense is indispensably necessary for the more… — James Madison
As the duties of superintending the national defense and of securing the public peace against foreign or domestic violence involve a provision for casualties and… — Alexander Hamilton
If it be said that the legislative body are themselves the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the construction they put upon them… — Alexander Hamilton
there ought always to be a constitutional method of giving efficacy to constitutional provisions. What for instance would avail restrictions on the authority of the… — James Madison
[T]he more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer . . . [taking] away… — Benjamin Franklin
Hitherto my observations have only aimed at a vindication of the provision in question, on the ground of theoretic propriety . . . . But… — Alexander Hamilton
To what expedient then shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in… — James Madison
It is safe to assert that no government proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination. — Abraham Lincoln
Our passions do not live apart in locked chambers but dress in their small wardrobe of notions, bring their provisions to a common table and… — George Eliot
In Egypt, a civil state means a modern nationalist state that is compatible with Islamist provisions. — Ali Gomaa
Itâ€™s clearly established in terms of training, provision of bomb-making experts, training of people with respect to chemical and biological warfare capabilities, that al-Qaeda sent… — Dick Cheney
There is... an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and… — Thomas Jefferson
It is very certain that [the commerce clause] grew out of the abuse of the power by the importing States in taxing the non-importing, and… — James Madison
The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse of all the trusts committed to a Government, because they can be… — James Madison
In practice we always base our preparations against an enemy on the assumption that his plans are good; indeed, it is right to rest our… — Thucydides
Associative indexing, the basic idea of which is a provision whereby any item may be caused at will to select immediately and automatically another. This… — Vannevar Bush
The Forgotten Man... delving away in patient industry, supporting his family, paying his taxes, casting his vote, supporting the church and the school... but he… — William Graham Sumner

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