Benjamin Franklin

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.

American Politician

Michael Arrington

Our independence from AOL was so important to me that I negotiated an extremely odd provision in our purchase agreement that allowed me to disclose confidential information about AOL. It was their job never to give me that information. It was not my job to protect it in any way.

American Businessman

Anna Lindh

One of the gaps in our international development efforts is the provision of global public goods - that is, goods or conditions we need that no individual or country can secure on their own, such as halting global warming, financial stability and peace and security.

Swedish Politician

Paul Romer

If we collectively set our minds to improving technology of a particular type we can do that, and it takes some collective action, some support for research, or some provision of patent protection, or a mixture of the two, and some focussed energy.

American Economist

Linda McCartney

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. I would ride my horse to town and pick up provisions. Then return to the cabin, with a big open fire, a record player and peace.

American Photographer

Voltaire

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, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.

French Writer

Angus Deaton

Economic growth is very important, but it is not the only thing, and it must be accompanied by sharing with those who are left behind, through effective social services and provision.

British Economist

Jerry Costello

In addition to the clean coal provisions, the energy conference agreement contains provisions instrumental in helping increase conservation and lowering consumption.

James Madison

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.

American President

Luciana Berger

It is overwhelmingly women who will plug the gaps in care provision, sacrificing paid employment to look after family members.

British Politician

Often found in business or service-related discussions, implying obligation.

Contextual Use

'Provision' can suggest an entity is responsible for providing something.

Implying Responsibility

In legal texts, 'provision' is serious and binding, not to be overlooked.

Legal Importance

Provisions set precise boundaries or rules within contracts.

Scripted Boundaries

Relates to tangible items packed or taken for trips or events.

Practical Preparation

Reflects the need for adequate supplies for a specific duration.

Sufficiency

Highlights the existence of a supply that can be used when needed.

Resource Availability

Focus on actions taken now to benefit or safeguard the future.

Future Oriented

Indicates careful planning for unpredictable circumstances.

Care and Foresight

 and the provision of the solution to food waste, which is simply to sit down and eat food, rather than throwing it away. That became, as it were, a way of confronting large businesses in the business of wasting food, and exposing, most importantly, to the public, that when we're talking about food being thrown away, we're not talking about rotten stuff, we're not talking about

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 investment in human capital, provision of citizenship rights, provision of infrastructure, management of the tangible and intangible assets of the state through regulation, creation of the market, international agreements, including public borrowing, and then, most importantly, rule of law.

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 and moved inside the walls surrounding their city and port, now provisioned by a superior fleet and extensive maritime empire. The cramped conditions have taken a toll and a recent plague wiped out a third of the population. But city life goes on.

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 in an overpopulated world so he has developed his very own alarm system to warn them of dangerous marauders in search of provisions out here in the rural areas people are going to be spilling out to to take what farmers have i'm not going

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 our tricity provision though the entire country that work I would say and submit this evidence of our ambition to act as a good global citizen and it shows just one of the many ways in which Scotland can perhaps help tackle the

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 to understand the process of how a child learns language -- that child being my son. And so with many privacy provisions put in place to protect everyone who was recorded in the data, we made elements of the data available

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 could complicate the entire process. More importantly, Madison felt that people's rights were already guaranteed through the democratic process, while adding extra provisions risked misinterpretation.

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 offerings, including pots of food at the graves of the deceased. The ritual ensured the dead had provisions for eternity. These pots mean a tomb should be very close.