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Provision Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
- To answer the purpose of the adversaries of the Constitution, they ought to prove, not merely that particular provisions in it are not the best,…
- It will be well to advert to the proportion between the objects that will require a federal provision in respect to revenue; and those which…
- 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…
- [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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Hitherto my observations have only aimed at a vindication of the provision in question, on the ground of theoretic propriety . . . . But…
- 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…
More Provision Quotes
- Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
- The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial… — Robert Bork
- My belief, for what it is worth, is that city dwellers cannot understand the world. Insulated from reality by complex and expert… — James Buchan
- Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- And that's really what's happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment. We have become a country entrenched in… — Sharron Angle
- Every time we sign a treaty with another country, the treaty (should) include prisoner transfer provisions.... Under these provisions, the country in… — Kathleen Brown
- Like buried treasures, the outposts of the universe have beckoned to the adventurous from immemorial times. Princes and potentates, political or industrial,… — George Ellery Hale
- We have consistently supported a legalization program which is both generous to the alien and fair to the countless thousands of people… — Ronald Reagan
- It is not till it is discovered that high individual incomes will not purchase the mass of mankind immunity from cholera, typhus,… — R. H. Tawney
- A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. — Samuel Johnson
- How wise and how merciful is that provision of nature by which his earthly anchor is usually loosened by many little imperceptible… — Arthur Conan Doyle
- ... the first thing his education demands is the provision of an environment in which he can develop the powers given him… — Maria Montessori