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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 provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.
Benjamin Franklin
Youth
Made
On The Contrary
More
Observed
Countries
Course
Became
Were
Provided
Provisions
Contrary
Did
Done
Different
Different Countries
Public
Them
Poor
Themselves
Poorer
Much
Richer
Less
Traveled
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 of things.
Alexander Hamilton
Change
Consist
Possible
Must
Constitutions
General
Only
Calculate
Permanent
Provisions
Cannot
Should
Reason
Things
Necessarily
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 abroad.
James Madison
Truth
Home
Freedom
Liberty
Danger
Charged
Pretended
Abroad
Real
Loss
Provisions
Against
Universal
Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Journey
Age
Old
Advice
Old Age
Increase
Approach
Our
More
Foolish
Road
Absurd
End
Provisions
Than
Nearer
Small businesses have suffered under the demands of Obamacare and community banks have scaled back lending due to stringent provisions of Dodd-Frank financial regulation.
Anthony Scaramucci
Financial
Community
Back
Stringent
Obamacare
Small
Small Businesses
Demands
Dodd-Frank
Due
Provisions
Banks
Lending
Regulation
Businesses
Suffered
I voted for the Deficit Reduction Package with significant heartburn over the student aid provisions.
Bob Inglis
Aid
Deficit
Deficit Reduction
Significant
Student
Over
Voted
Reduction
Provisions
Package
Although Mr. Trump will not be able to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord, he can legally ignore its provisions, in keeping with his questioning of the existence of man-made climate change.
David E. Sanger
Change
Will
States
Out
Able
Paris
He
Although
Climate
Climate Change
His
Existence
Trump
Accord
Questioning
Provisions
Man-Made
Legally
Ignore
United
United States
Keeping
Pull
The borders of Israel and an independent Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps. Each state needs secure and recognized borders, and there must be robust provisions that safeguard Israel's security.
Denis McDonough
Needs
State
Independent
Recognized
Secure
Security
Must
Borders
Mutually
Safeguard
Robust
Israel
Lines
Provisions
Should
Agreed
Each
Based
Palestine
All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting discrimination in public education must yield.
Earl Warren
Education
Law
Public Education
State
Local
Must
Federal
Provisions
Yield
Discrimination
Public
Requiring
Most of the provisions designed to fix what ails our health system don't kick in until 2014, which, one wishes administration officials had noticed, is two years after he has to win an election.
Eric Alterman
Health
Win
Election
Our
Kick
System
Administration
Had
He
Wishes
Most
Until
Years
Provisions
Fix
Officials
After
Which
Noticed
Designed
Two
At the World Cup and even now at the Confederations Cup, our security provisions will ensure the greatest level of protection possible for all those participating - both inside and outside the stadiums.
Franz Beckenbauer
World
Protection
Will
Our
Those
Ensure
Possible
Security
Inside
Both
Outside
Participating
Greatest
Cup
Provisions
Stadiums
Even
Even Now
World Cup
Now
Level
If the provisions of the constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, they may as well be abandoned.
George Sutherland
Constitution
Abandoned
Well
Comfort
Pinch
Provisions
Upheld
May
The National Multifamily Housing Council, a trade association of apartment owners, managers, developers and lenders, has come to the defense of the interest deduction and other provisions favorable to the real estate industry, describing them as 'core principles' and promising a fight.
James B. Stewart
Fight
Real Estate
National
Defense
Other
Favorable
Promising
Council
Developers
Come
Industry
Principles
Housing
Trade
Real
Provisions
Managers
Owners
Estate
Interest
Apartment
Them
Deduction
Describing
Association
Core
In addition to the clean coal provisions, the energy conference agreement contains provisions instrumental in helping increase conservation and lowering consumption.
Jerry Costello
Energy
Increase
Addition
Clean
Consumption
Contains
Instrumental
Provisions
Conference
Coal
Lowering
Helping
Agreement
Conservation
It is a drastic mistake to eliminate the provisions that have to do with the protection of habitat for endangered species. It is my opinion that the Endangered Species Act is 99 percent about protecting critical habitat.
Jim Saxton
Mistake
Protection
Habitat
Drastic
Critical
About
Percent
Protecting
Opinion
Provisions
Endangered
Endangered Species
Endangered Species Act
Act
Species
Eliminate
The Inspector General issued six reviews and reports on actions taken based on provisions of the act. In those six reports, the IG found that not one violation of an individual's civil liberties - a total of zero - had taken place since the act was instituted.
Jo Bonner
Those
Liberties
Civil
Total
Civil Liberties
General
Inspector
Individual
Had
Taken
Since
Instituted
Reviews
Provisions
Reports
Six
Place
Act
Actions
Found
Based
Zero
Violation
The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it.
Larry J. Sabato
Life
Daily
Change
Respect
Constitution
Rights
Brilliant
Citizen
Separation
Design
Every
Numerous
Bits
Archaic
Constitutional
Constructive
Remains
Overall
Powers
Sound
Affect
Provisions
Republic
Bill
Bill Of Rights
Inhibit
Daily Life
Adaptation
My conviction of the necessity of further legislative provisions for the safe-keeping and disbursement of the public moneys and my opinion in regard to the measures best adapted to the accomplishment of those objects have been already submitted to you.
Martin Van Buren
Best
You
Conviction
Further
Those
Objects
Opinion
Been
Accomplishment
Provisions
Submitted
Legislative
Regard
Public
Measures
Necessity
Adapted
My personal code of conduct and compliance with a wide range of government ethics provisions have ensured that I have maintained ethical standards.
Michael Madigan
Government
Ethics
Range
Compliance
Maintained
Conduct
Provisions
Personal
Ethical
Standards
Code
Wide
Wide Range
At school, if I was ever bored in class, I would draw maps of islands or detailed interior of boats or lists of provisions and equipment I would need when I went camping in the summer.
Michelle Magorian
Class
Interior
School
Summer
Draw
Would
Detailed
Bored
Islands
Equipment
Provisions
Camping
Lists
Boats
Maps
Ever
Need
After having supplied myself with provisions from Mr. Travis's, I scratched a hole under a pile of fence rails in a field, where I concealed myself for six weeks, never leaving my hiding place but for a few minutes in the dead of night to get water, which was very near.
Nat Turner
Myself
Water
Few
Field
Hiding
Minutes
Having
Weeks
Never
Supplied
Concealed
Dead
Pile
Leaving
Fence
Provisions
Very
Get
Scratched
Six
Where
After
Hole
Place
Which
Near
Rails
Night
The Kimberley Process is not a perfect construct, and it is necessary now to re-double efforts to address its remaining shortcomings and strengthen its provisions.
Nicky Oppenheimer
Address
Construct
Perfect
Remaining
Provisions
Efforts
Process
Shortcomings
Now
Necessary
Strengthen
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 have been considered occupying powers and therefore would have been responsible for all the costs of maintaining or restoring government, education and other services for the people of Iraq.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Education
Alone
Government
People
Gone
Other
Considered
States
Responsible
Would
Kingdom
Restoring
Costs
Had
Hague
Baghdad
Maintaining
Geneva
For The People
Powers
Occupying
Been
Iraq
Provisions
Conventions
Therefore
Capture
United
United Kingdom
United States
Services
Even the distribution of rations leaves much to be desired; the fatigue party, well-intentioned and sympathetic though it be, often finds itself short of provisions.
Patrick MacGill
Party
Fatigue
Though
Distribution
Finds
Well-Intentioned
Leaves
Itself
Provisions
Often
Short
Much
Even
Desired
Sympathetic
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 fertilizer costs by stabilizing natural gas prices and enacting new efficiency benchmarks.
Paul Gillmor
Natural
Protection
Half
Important
Controlling
Energy
Creation
Increased
Jobs
Blackout
Costs
Prices
New
New Jobs
Fertilizer
Provisions
Efficiency
Oil
Oil Production
Estimated
Energy Bill
Natural Gas
Bill
Production
Many
Among
Million
Gas
Gas Prices
The Orderly Liquidation Authority prescribed by Dodd-Frank should be repealed and replaced by an amendment to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code which would operate to prevent cross-default provisions from impacting derivatives books so long as mark-to-market payments are being made in a timely fashion.
Paul Singer
Fashion
Made
Long
Books
Would
Prevent
Operate
Dodd-Frank
Provisions
Replaced
Timely
Amendment
Authority
Liquidation
Being
Bankruptcy
Orderly
Which
Should
Derivatives
Payments
Code
Prescribed
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