Heather Brooke

Newspapers are not free and they never have been. They can appear to be so, but someone, somewhere is covering the costs whether that is through advertising, a patron's largesse or a license fee. Advertising is no longer subsidising the industry and so the cost must fall somewhere - why not on the people who use it?

American Journalist

Sharron Angle

Our Founders warned against this. They said don't... that your liberty is only as secure as the people are. Because once they, um, get the ability to vote themselves entitlements from the largesse of the government, liberty is done; freedom is over with. We were warned. We are there.

American Politician

Gary Bauer

Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.

American Public Servant

Chuck Fleischmann

As Obamacare devolves and starts to fall apart, what do you get? This big-government largesse that is involved in Obamacare, my fear is that it's going to devolve into a single-payer system, and we really can't afford to let that happen.

Sue Monk Kidd

I had begun to write novels because of a fierce, self-serving impulse in my own heart. I had not considered the potential in a book for felt communion, the bright largesse of intimately participating in the lives of other people.

American Writer

Michele Bachmann

Government has really been growing, a lot of largesse, but the people in the real world aren't. And that's what has to change. Government has no conformity at all with the real world.

Charles Williams

To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of largesse revolves.

English Editor

J. D. Vance

I could never understand why our lives felt like a struggle while those living off government largesse enjoyed trinkets that I only dreamed about.

American Author

Urjit Patel

One of the things that the public sector banks need to do is to raise private capital from the market and not rely on government largesse.

Indian Economist

Mary Douglas

Without that assured American largesse Israel would have been obliged to come to an accommodation with her neighbours.

British Scientist

Used to describe generous financial support, often with a focus on charity or philanthropy.

Charitable Context

Implies admiration for the giver, viewed positively for their generosity.

Positive Connotation

Often conveys a one-way giving without expecting anything directly in return.

Non-reciprocal

Associated with nobles or royalty bestowing gifts to display wealth and power.

Historical Nobility

Often used in literature to dramatize the generosity of a character, sometimes exaggerated for effect.

Literary Dramatization

In historical contexts, represents a display of power and influence through giving.

Symbol of Power

 And the biggest problem is that overall, they've appropriated the largesse of the digital age we have wealth creation, but we have growing social inequality. So what if there were not only an internet of information,

Largesse

Charitable Context

Positive Connotation

Non-reciprocal

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