“The balance of power in the economy is shifting toward a small number of companies and very definitely away from policy makers… — Haydn Shaughnessy Copy Share Image
“Fine buildings, fine pictures and books and everything that is beautiful are certainly signs of civilization. But an even better sign is… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
History calls those men the greatest who have ennobled themselves by working for the common good; experience acclaims as happiest the man… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People cannot be free unless they are willing to sacrifice some of their interests to guarantee the freedom of others. The price… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
In this era of tightening world food supplies, the ability to grow food is fast becoming a new form of geopolitical leverage,… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
Sincere and generous collaboration is the best way to fulfil the legitimate aspirations of each person and achieve great collective goals for… — King Felipe VI Copy Share Image
“Apparently, we have become such a hyper-individualized culture that it is impossible to develop an argument based on how individual cases fit… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
All earlier pluralist societies destroyed themselves because no one took care of the common good. They abounded in communities but could not… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
“First of all, the people has a right to passive resistance. The tyrannical law that is a law against reason, a law… — Heinrich A. Rommen Copy Share Image
The Church encourages those in power to be truly at the service of the common good of their peoples. She urges financial… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
As you know, in this democracy, in order to have a healthy democracy, we have to get to the common good. But… — Matthew Dowd Copy Share Image
The moral justification of capitalism does not lie in the altruist claim that it represents the best way to achieve 'the common… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Now what is just and right is to be interpreted in the sense of 'what is equal'; and that which is right… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
While patriotism is often lauded as an unquestionable value, the status of patriotism is a problem for many thoughtful people. It is… — Stephen Nathanson Copy Share Image
“Is there a way forward, when campaign financing and mega-lobbying have displaced the common good and have led Americans to despair about… — Jeffrey D. Sachs Copy Share Image
“When people become self-centred and self-enclosed, their greed increases. The emptier a person’s heart is, the more he or she needs things… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of individualism. Man alone is an end… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Anyone can accomplish anything and rise to the challenge as long as they are willing to work with others, to let go… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
“Tolerance means to have the heart open to all differences; it is the honorable attitude of receiving another's opinion in order to… — Nick Joaquín Copy Share Image
Solidarity is not a feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of so many people, both near and far.… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Everything I've done feels like I'm just as much a part of it as if I was the producer. It's still the… — Vince Gill Copy Share Image
Each of us must rededicate ourselves to serving the common good. We are a community. Our individual Fates are linked; our futures… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due; that the laws which… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
We also need to find a language capable of defending government as an element of the common good, one that does not… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“exploring the middle ground between the two. Robert J. Sampson measured the level of cynicism and willingness to work for the common… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The power of Kings and Magistrates is nothing else, but what is only derivative, transferrd and committed to them in trust from… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Liberals are not unconcerned with economic liberty, but they have come to believe that the common good requires that social justice be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The original Greek word "idiotes" referred to people who might have had a high IQ, but were so self-involved that they focused… — Jim Hightower Copy Share Image
“Freedom is more than just a willingness to live; it is a force that binds us all. Being truly free is seeing… — Phil Mitchell Copy Share Image
It is clear that those constitutions which aim at the common good are right, as being in accord with absolute justice; while… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If we are to avoid that catastrophe [a nuclear World War III], a system of world order — preferably a system of… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
“What I mean is, what makes people unhappy is not too little choice, but too much," said Mitchell Layton. "having to decide,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Throughout the 1980's, we did hear too much about individual gain and the ethos of selfishness and greed. We did not hear… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“ An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations , which Smith published in 1776, is the most… — Jerry Z. Muller Copy Share Image
While the earnings of a minority are growing exponentially, so too is the gap separating the majority from the prosperity enjoyed by… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Conservative and liberal politicians alike now spend millions waging wars around the globe, funding the largest military state in the world, providing… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“Strategy cannot be a useful concept if it is a synonym for success. Nor can it be a useful tool if it… — Richard Rumelt Copy Share Image
To become fully human means learning to turn my gratitude for being alive into some concrete common good. It means growing gentler… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning government, and many other points, as well of speculation as of practice; an attachment… — James Madison Copy Share Image