He that doth public good for multitudes, finds few are truly grateful — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
Money is a public good; as such, it lends itself to private exploitation. — Charles P. Kindleberger Copy Share Image
Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain. — Jessica Savitch Copy Share Image
Knowledge should be a public good, and I want my ideas to have as much exposure as possible. — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
Knowledge is a public good and increases in value as the number of people possessing it increases. — John Wilbanks Copy Share Image
We need to figure how to defend higher education as a public good. If we can't do that, we're in trouble. — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“Do not suffer your good nature [...] to say yes when you ought to say no; remember that it is a public… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I think there should be regulations on social media to the degree that it negatively affects the public good. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
A vibrant, rich, growing corpus of public-domain books is a vital public good - similar to parks, the infrastructure of basic services,… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you talk to most businessmen, they'll say that what they do is for the public good, but you know they're just… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
It is an old liberal theme that conservative ideas, being red in tooth and claw, cannot possibly emerge from any notion of… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary. — Nathan Hale Copy Share Image
My public life is before you; and I know you will believe me when I say, that when I sit down in… — Joseph Howe Copy Share Image
The prison industrial complex is perhaps, at least domestically, the most striking example of us putting profit before people. It all stems… — Eugene Jarecki Copy Share Image
People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Poverty is dishonorable, not in itself, but when it is a proof of laziness, intemperance, luxury, and carelessness; whereas in a person… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
It is too early for politicians to presume on our forgetting that the public good, the real welfare of the great body… — James Madison Copy Share Image
An over-scrupulous jealousy of danger to the rights of the people, which is more commonly the fault of the head than of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Baseball, like some other sports, poses as a sacred institution dedicated to the public good, but it is actually a big, selfish… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
Legally speaking, the term 'public rights' is as vague and indefinite as are the terms 'public health,' 'public good,' 'public welfare,' and… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Republics demanded virtue. Monarchies could rely on coercion and "dazzling splendor" to suppress self-interest or factions; republics relied on the goodness of… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
Alliances are crucial to success in the political sphere. However, if we are to approach other organizations to propose alliances for the… — Arthur Curley Copy Share Image
“There are seemingly parallel origins of Nature’s God in America and China’s Mandate of Heaven. These twin concepts created socio-political forces for… — Patrick Mendis Copy Share Image
Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object: the public good; but… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“In our opinion, there is no public good other than one that assures the citizens' private good; we judge institutions from the… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Complaints are everywhere heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens, equally the friends of public and private faith, and of public… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate… — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
Out of politics comes more uproar than progress. It is indeed surprising how little, comparatively, this noisy department of human affairs contributes… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
You can't serve the public good without the truth as a bottom line. — Carl Bernstein Copy Share Image
Leadership is for those who love the public good and are endowed and trained to administer it. — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
Health is a worldwide public good. It requires global action guided by a sense of global solidarity. — Abiy Ahmed Copy Share Image