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"Necessitous men are not free men," Roosevelt taught.
Robert L. Borosage: FDR: The Second Bill of Rights Robert L. Borosage 2011
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"Necessitous men are not free men," Roosevelt taught.
Robert L. Borosage: FDR: The Second Bill of Rights Robert L. Borosage 2011
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Make sure to visit the Absolutely Necessitous Links to follow the sisters 'travels and check out a mugshot (make that a pugshot!) of the real Mister Kinyatta.
slayground: Interview: Lesley M.M. Blume Little Willow 2006
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Necessitous Children of their own brethren and sisterhood; it is a place giving an education worthy of them — an education by them invented, by them conducted, by them watched over; it is a place of education where, while the beautiful history of the Christian religion is daily taught, and while the life of that Divine Teacher who Himself took little children on
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Necessitous Children of those who have been entrusted with the wholesale trades and manufactures of the United Kingdom: you do not require to be informed that the house at New-cross, rented for a small term of years, in which the schools are at present established, can afford but most imperfect accommodation for such a breadth of design.
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You do not need to be told that five-and-forty children can form but a very small proportion of the Orphan and Necessitous Children of those who have been entrusted with the wholesale trades and manufactures of the
Speeches: Literary and Social Charles Dickens 1841
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Schools, established for the maintaining, clothing, and educating of the Orphan and Necessitous Children of those employed in the wholesale trades and manufactures of the United Kingdom, are, in fact, what I have just described.
Speeches: Literary and Social Charles Dickens 1841
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"Necessitous men are not free men," FDR told Congress as went on to outline a Bill of Rights that included the right to a useful and remunerative job, the right to a decent home, and the right to enjoy good health.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Nicolaus Mills 2011
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WITH a View to the Relief of People in the Condition I have described, His Majesty has this present Year incorporated a considerable Number of Persons of Quality and Distinction, and vested a large Tract of South-Carolina in them, by the Name of Georgia, in Trust to be distributed among the Necessitous.
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Necessitous families are raised and enriched, while prosperous families are impoverished and go to decay.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
jquail commented on the word Necessitous
ne·ces·si·tous (n-ss-ts)
adj.
1. Needy; indigent.
2. Compelling; urgent.
3. Poor enough to need help from others
September 10, 2009