Democracy [is] when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. From LearnThat.org. [Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher.]
Oregon is one of several states that provides funding for so-called indigent burials. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
Provision of healthcare for the indigent is a major responsibility of the County government. From Wordnik.com. [Let’s Not Discuss Dick Cheney’s Weight] Reference
The next to be loved is the stranger, the orphan, the widow and the indigent, that is to say those citizens that are without a “defender”. From Wordnik.com. [Zenit: Benedict XVI's Homily at Close of Synod] Reference
In March, Mayor Bloomberg issued an executive order that would require defense lawyers for so-called indigent defendants to be selected by a competitive bidding process. From Wordnik.com. [Regional Watch] Reference
For poor Texans considered "indigent," 160 of the state's 254 counties use the UTMB system for affordable health care. From Wordnik.com. [November 14th, 2008] Reference
He would get appointed either a public defender or he would have some kind of indigent defense counsel that would be appointed for him. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 1, 2002] Reference
We didn't even know what the word indigent meant. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Margaret Kennedy Goodwin, September 26, 1997. Interview R-0113. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
"She has not been identified as indigent, financially speaking, and therefore may not be able to call on me as her counsel. From Wordnik.com. [Institute for War & Peace Reporting:] Reference
Casey Anthony's attorneys recently requested that she be declared indigent, meaning the state would pay for a portion of her legal bills. From Wordnik.com. [SplicedFeed] Reference
The public defender's office took the stance that Flint didn't qualify for court-appointed council since he didn't fall under the "indigent" category. From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
Justice Byrnes 'answer to another argument of the State, based on historical conceptions of the word "indigent," was, "poverty and immorality are not synonymous.". From Wordnik.com. [The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952] Reference
Ruckriegle said he, along with the public defender's office, doesn't think Flint qualifies for state-funded representation because he doesn't fall under the "indigent" category. From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
You are selected for your Broadway debut and sit onstage with the actors to spell "indigent" and "palaetra". From Wordnik.com. ["The Perfect Day," by Cheryl B. Klein] Reference
Because he was indigent, he was guaranteed court-appointed counsel. From Wordnik.com. [Catch-22 At The High Court] Reference
At the same time, for the relief of poor and indigent people of Great. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2] Reference
New immigrants and some indigent Hawaiians fall through gaps in coverage. From Wordnik.com. [Experimental States] Reference
A similar progression of attitudes now applies to the medically indigent. From Wordnik.com. [FACING THE POWERS THAT BE] Reference
My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
Possessed of so much riches, the beneficent slave shared them with the indigent. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
They are so indigent that they have been forced to eat field rats for subsistence. From Wordnik.com. [Identifying The Poor] Reference
"And I'm trying to puncture the myth that health is a problem of the poor and indigent.". From Wordnik.com. [The Scary Politics Of Health] Reference
The formal removal of limitations respecting indigent pupils did not take place till 1854. From Wordnik.com. [The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States] Reference
Many brokers simply invented biographies and jobs for their indigent borrowers, officials say. From Wordnik.com. [Mortgages and Madness] Reference
About this time we opened a manual labor school on our premises, designed for indigent children. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
Yvonne takes over the coffee shop, dispensing free food to the indigent and good cheer to the ailing. From Wordnik.com. [Psst! Want a Good Tip?] Reference
The Queen was especially disposed to touch indigent persons, who were unable to pay for private treatment. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery] Reference
"There is a limited amount of AZT that we can give to indigent patients, but we have to have a T-cell count.". From Wordnik.com. [Aids The Next Ten Years] Reference
The rabbi is a big macher so he is often off visiting the indigent, protesting injustice, campaigning for Israel. From Wordnik.com. [The Dying Tradition] Reference
St. Louis's highest claim to pious glory arose from his restless and unstinted charities to the indigent and sick. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
The law defines an indigent as a person who appears "to be entitled to apply for or receive" government assistance. From Wordnik.com. [OK, Sister, Drop That Sandwich!] Reference
But he says it costs millions more to leave indigent defendants in jail because they can't afford a bondsman's fees. From Wordnik.com. [Bondsman Lobby Targets Pretrial Release Programs] Reference
A week before Orlando passed its ordinance, Las Vegas outlawed giving food to even a single indigent in any city park. From Wordnik.com. [OK, Sister, Drop That Sandwich!] Reference
However, the court declined to make government pay for abortions, even medically necessary ones sought by indigent women. From Wordnik.com. [Is Roe Good Law?] Reference
Confederate army, also indigent, nevertheless troublesome and among whom many brigands, murderers and cut-throats sprang up. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference
And when he was charged with that, he signed a document indicating that he was sufficiently indigent to have a public defender. From Wordnik.com. [Democrats Scratch Their Heads Over Alvin Greene] Reference
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