...Government. The founders of our country stated that purpose in the Constitution, and among those purposes is to provide for the common defense and to promote the general welfare. The wording was not happenstance. It means that we are not required to provide for the general welfare...

...purpose of our Federal Government which, as the founders of our country stated in the Constitution, is to provide for the common defense and to promote the general welfare. The Constitution does not require us in Washington to seek to provide for the general welfare of all,...

...all religious traditions. Our political heritage is shaped by the responsibility of our government to "provide for the common defense and to promote the general welfare." Both concepts are based upon moral perceptions of public policy. But the First Amendment, with its...

...directly involved in fulfilling the constitutionally-mandated power and responsibility of Congress to provide for the common defense and to promote the general welfare of the United States. We are carrying out this duty as our country moves from the more certain strategic...

...directly involved in fulfilling the constitutionally-mandated power and responsibility of Congress to provide for the common defense and to promote the general welfare of the United States. We are carrying out this duty as our country moves from the more certain strategic...

...their Constitution to form a more perfect union, to establish justice, to insure domestic tranquility, to provide for the common defense, and to promote the general welfare. However, the Preamble to the Constitution concludes, they also established a government in order to...

...expenditures and domestic programs and progress. The Constitution defines the duty of government as to provide for the common defense and to promote the general welfare. It does not say to provide for the common defense or to promote the general welfare. It is scarcely...

...Taxes are authorized by the Constitution to be raised for three purposes, for the payment of debts, to provide for the common defense and to promote the general welfare of the United States. Direct Taxes. Taxes are classed as direct and indirect. By a clause of the Constitution...

...vital interest in the prevention of industrial accidents. Free governments are instituted among men to provide for the common defense and to promote the general welfare. Naturally, therefore, such governments are interested in safeguarding the lives of that large and vital...

...courts going through the form of adjudication; they said to " establish justice." They went on to say to " provide for the common defense," and " to promote the general welfare." By that they meant that this Government should not be used by one class for selfish advantage against...