Among the many interesting objects which will engage your attention that of providing for the common defense will merit particular regard. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. Votes: 4
The great leading objects of the federal government, in which revenue is concerned, are to maintain domestic peace, and provide for the common defense. Votes: 3
If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no other position is possible. Votes: 3
Government can have no more than two legitimate purposes - the suppression of injustice against individuals within the community, and the common defense against external invasion. Votes: 3
I support development and deployment of a limited national missile defense. Few if any of our duties surpass our obligation to provide for the common defense of our nation. Votes: 3
Well, first let's say that the fundamental responsibility of any government is national security - in the preamble to the Constitution, provide for the common defense and insure domestic tranquility. Votes: 3
This power ought to be coextensive with all the possible combinations of such circumstances; and ought to be under the direction of the same councils which are appointed to preside over the common defense. Votes: 3
A common defense among obituary-fanciers such as myself is that the obit is not about death at all. It is about life. This is true since an article about the condition of deadness would make for turgid reading at best. Votes: 3
Taxes, well laid and well spent, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, and promote the general welfare. Taxes protect property and the environment; taxes make business possible. Taxes pay for roads and schools and bridges and police and teachers. Taxes pay for doctors and nursing homes and medicine. Votes: 3
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Votes: 3
Any defense of common sense must allow that it is revisable. Votes: 0
The mind of man has no defense To equal plain, old common sense. This homely virtue don't despise, If you would be happy as well as wise. Votes: 0
The most common emotional defense is avoidance (an ineffective coping skill for any stressor) as expressed through denial (e.g., "That wasn't really bad, I barely remember it"). Votes: 0
Common sense is not so common. Votes: 7 Voltaire
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. Votes: 4 Martin Luther King, Jr.