#necessities

In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

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The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison. ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

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No one should have to choose between medicine and other necessities. No one should have to use the emergency room every time a child gets sick. And no one should have to live in constant fear that a medical problem will become a financial crisis. ↗

— Brad Henry

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Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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We have to go in places no body would ever think of going into were it not for the necessities of war. ↗

— Joshua Chamberlain

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Obama considers himself above deal-making and back-slapping, political necessities he often delegates to Vice President Joe Biden and other lesser sorts. ↗

— Ron Fournier

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Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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Our necessities never equal our wants. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#necessities #never #our #wants

Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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