Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good. — William H. Prescott Copy Share Image
Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meanness for the public good. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
How can there ever possibly be a conflict between my private interests and the public good? — Ashleigh Brilliant Copy Share Image
If I can't do something for the public good, what the hell am I doing? — Anita Roddick Copy Share Image
That man is the most loyal who aims at the noblest motive, and that motive the public good. — Virgil Copy Share Image
My goal is first of all to promote a public debate about where markets serve the public good and where they don't… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of the state is for the public good; no greater crime against the… — Cardinal Richelieu Copy Share Image
“Our sense that a library is a public good and our idea of what such a place should look like derived precisely… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
If it is true that vice can never be done away with, the science of government consists of making it contribute to… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
The column's worked out great for me. I've gotten a ton of ego satisfaction, had a lot of fun, won a batch… — Allan Sloan Copy Share Image
To suggest social action for the public good to the city London is like discussing The Origin of Species to a Bishop… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Capitalism is based on individual rights - not on the sacrifice of the individual to the 'public good' of the collective. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur; quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge… — Ralph Thomas Walker Copy Share Image
As the nation watches, Democrats and Republicans should reflect the interspersed character of America itself. Perhaps, by sitting with each other for… — Mark Udall Copy Share Image
The Obama administration doesn't see schools as a public good. It doesn't see schools as places where basically we can educate students… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I feel like we're stuck in the former mode of reacting because that's what gains traction in Washington. But I really believe… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the current argument is "not having net neutrality will hurt innovation," and you can make that argument, but I would rather… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
Industry is far more efficient than the university in making use of scientific developments for the public good. Reported in 1981, as… — Herbert Boyer Copy Share Image
I now add, farther, that the apostles argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey,… — Jonathan Mayhew Copy Share Image
We need to start seeing privacy as a commons - as some kind of a public good that can get depleted as… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Needless to say, under either system [socialism or fascism], the inequalities of income and standard of living are greater than anything possible… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Let it not, therefore, be said that the Sovereign is not subject to the laws of his State; since the contrary is… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“Currying favor with special interests at the expense of the public good is a way for politicians to fund their campaigns and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our civilization is locked in the grip of an ideology - corporatism. An ideology that denies and undermines the legitimacy of individuals… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
Higher education isn't just a personal investment. It's a public good that pays off in a more competitive workforce and better-informed and… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Planners and designers should encourage as much diversity in human habitats as they find in animal habitats. It is not possible to… — Tom Turner Copy Share Image
The true liberty of the press is amply secured by permitting every man to publish his opinion; but it is due to… — Thomas McKean Copy Share Image
“The fantastical idea of virtue and the public good being a sufficient security to the state against the commission of crimes...was never… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public good. — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
We should be aiming for our entire system to reflect that public transportation is a public good. — Michelle Wu Copy Share Image
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