You hear that liberalism lacks an idea of the common good, but I think that's a mistake. — John Rawls Copy Share Image
To desire the common good and strive towards it is a requirement of justice and charity. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We need to rediscover the idea of the common good and work together to build a home. — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
There is a mercy which is weakness, and even treason against the common good. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The only way to effectively secure the common good is for the government to remain small. — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Letting go isn't easy. Dwelling in the past isn't smart. Loyalty isn't common. Good things don't always last. Life is a struggle.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No decisions should ever be made without asking the question, is this for the common good? — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
In leadership writ large, mutually agreed upon purposes help people achieve consensus, assume responsibility, work for the common good, and build community. — Joseph C. Rost Copy Share Image
“He has no understanding of government, no experience in government, and no appreciation of government’s overriding concern—the common good. This” — Scott McMurrey Copy Share Image
“The goal of work is not to gain wealth and possessions, but to serve the common good and bring glory to God.” — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“To undertake nothing: i. at random or without a purpose; ii. for any reason but the common good.” — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect… — Salvatore J. Cordileone Copy Share Image
Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The imbalance results from ideologies which uphold the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation, and thus deny the right of control… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Big Brother is not the only danger facing the country. Another is the rising tide of distrust, the corrosive spread of cynicism,… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
This was the noblest Roman of them all. All the conspirators, save only he,Did that they did in envy of Caesar;He only,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Throughout his life Leibniz nursed essentially the same dream: the dream of recalling the multiplicity of human knowledge to a logical, metaphysical,… — Maria Rosa Antognazza Copy Share Image
There is an important message that all political leaders should be taking from the response to coronavirus, and that is that people… — Caroline Lucas Copy Share Image
An ideal is an unselfish aspiration. Its purpose is the general welfare not only of this but of future generations. It is… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
I am against censorship. I prefer the chaos of uncontrollable communication of all sorts to selective banning of certain materials. I do… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“1883. ...The teaching of the Church has elaborated the principle of subsidiarity, according to which "a community of a higher order should… — Catholic Church Copy Share Image
One must shed the bad taste of wanting to agree with many. "Good" is no longer good when one's neighbor mouths it.… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Let us admit that some government programs and personnel are efficient and effective, and others are not. Let us acknowledge that when… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
There's no necessary connection between maximizing social utility or economic wealth and creating a flourishing democracy. The first does not guarantee the… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
“Intolerance of Christianity will rise to levels many of us have not believed possible in our lifetimes, and public policy will become… — John Price Copy Share Image
In this world laws are written for the lofty aim of "the common good" and then acted out in life on the… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
You are already leaders. Your ideas, your actions and your decisions make a difference. More than any other generation, you have a… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
There are some arts which to those that possess them are painful, but to those that use them are helpful, a common… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
“The coming of the messianic King occurs in two stages. At his first coming, he saved us from the penalty of sin… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Government is defined as a right manner of disposing things so as to lead not to the form of the common good,… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
“Active and passive resistance against the usurper is not only a right, but a duty for all citizens. For the usurper is… — Heinrich A. Rommen Copy Share Image
“them out if they make dumb choices. Let them struggle; let them learn; let them take responsibility. They need to figure out… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
“It is an interesting, though idle, speculation, what would be the effect on us if all our reformers, revolutionaries, planners, politicians, and… — H.D.F. Kitto Copy Share Image
“There are members of our body politic who tell us that the public interest is best served when government action is reduced… — Alexander Meiklejohn Copy Share Image
“Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, for example, might be a bit less certain in his gloomy assessment of human nature: “Be warned that… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
“The most important lesson is this: that for two generations America has been without a political vision of its destiny. There is… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
