“Reigns of terror are thus the bastard child of the Enlightenment. Terror in the name of utopian ideals would rise again and… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“At its heart, civility is the disposition of those who understand that we live together to flourish together—that the wellbeing of our… — Diane Kalen-Sukra Copy Share Image
“The passage that he had found in the book had been riddled with ambiguities and contradictions only reserved for those most valiant… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
“1951. Law is a rule of conduct enacted by competent authority for the sake of the common good. The moral law presupposes… — The Catholic Church Copy Share Image
“The arrogance of the Europeans reaches a level in which you have to name it as pathetic. They are so focused on… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
We talk about democracy as if it's a safeguard for individual rights... Instead, it's become our way of intruding on rights, allegedly… — Jonathan D. Morris Copy Share Image
He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well, and he does his deed well… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
When you're fund-raising for schools, then something's wrong. We seem to have lost some sort of sense of what the common good… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
The desire to serve the common good must without fail be a requisite of the soul, a necessity for personal happiness; if… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“The "self," it seems today, is at the core of the nation's worldview rather than others (the common good), or God.” — Martha MacCullough Copy Share Image
“He looked down at the glass again. ‘I care that these things happen, that we poison ourselves and our progeny, that we… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“Truth loves nothing better than simplicity of truth: that is the lesson Columbe Josse ought to have learned from her medieval readings.… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
“The 9/11 Commission warned that Al Qaeda "could... scheme to wield weapons of unprecedented destructive power in the largest cities of the… — Robert Hormats Copy Share Image
What a better world this could be with less ME and more Us as persons thinking for the common good not just… — Laylablack Copy Share Image
Be warned that if you wish, as I do, to build a society in which individuals cooperate generously and unselfishly towards a… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Laws which authorize and promote abortion and euthanasia are therefore radically opposed not only to the good of the individual but also… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Business is a noble vocation, directed to producing wealth and improving the world. It can be a fruitful source of prosperity for… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Children truly are the family's greatest treasure and most precious good. Consequently, everyone must be helped to become aware of the intrinsic… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The human person is in danger: this is certain, the human person is in danger today, here is the urgency of human… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There are crimes which no one would commit as an individual which he willingly and bravely commits when acting in the name… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Our mission and task has always been to find a pragmatic balance among competing interests that will serve the greatest common good. — Carrie Lam Copy Share Image
At best, a 100-day measurement of a new presidency is a meaningless abstraction. At worst, it's an invite to cheap politicking at… — Matt Gaetz Copy Share Image
Thanks to the leadership of Vice President Gore, we have a government for the Information Age, once again a government that is… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
