“Madison’s response is famously expressed in Federalist 10, “The Utility of the Union as a Safeguard against Domestic Faction and Insurrection”—arguing that… — John Avlon Copy Share Image
Today the universal common good poses problems of world-wide dimensions, which cannot be adequately tackled or solved except by the efforts of… — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
America's abundance was created not by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
You are a bundle of mysteries. Finding and conquering yourself is a lifetime task. There are unplumbed depths in you full of… — Wilferd Peterson 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
Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself… — John Grierson 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
A system of world order-preferably a system of world government -is mandatory... The proud nations someday will see the light and, for… — Walter Cronkite 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 be actively pro-life is to contribute to the renewal of society through the promotion of the common good. It is impossible… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
When you have a highly divided society, it's hard to come together to make investments in the common good. — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
He doesn't have demons. He's not Batman, he doesn't struggle with inner turmoil. The nature of this character is that he puts… — Chris Evans Copy Share Image
“We lost our courage as a people. Sure, some people still had it, but as a people, as a group where we… — Rick Wiedeman Copy Share Image
“So it’s democracy versus capitalism at this point, friends, and we out on this frontier outpost of the human world are perhaps… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
The advanced organizations of Thinking must teach with their example by cooperating. Every human organization can cooperate in one or another way… — Samael Aun Weor 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
The great American tradition is one of pluralism, not exclusive secularism. The strength of our country is reflected in the contributions that… — Donald Wuerl Copy Share Image
Human law cannot punish or forbid all evil, since while doing away with evils it would do away with many good things,… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“Working on behalf of the common good is the engine of democracy, vital to our communities, cities, states—and, ultimately, the nation. It… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
We've increasingly lost that sense of community, of the notion that there is something we contribute to and benefit from that is… — Joan Wallach Scott Copy Share Image
“The forces at work in healthy party politics are centripetal; they encourage factions and interests to come together to work out common… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
What most of all enables a man to serve the public is not wealth, but content and independence; which, requiring no superfluity… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
any pursuit of happiness contrary to the common good is doomed to failure. — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
Should you be a teenager blessed with uncommon good looks, document this state of affairs by the taking of photographs. It is… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
