The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in… — Peter DeFazio Copy Share Image
All over the world, as governments retreat from their traditional duty to foster the common good and reconceive of themselves as mere… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle...… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“The real community of man, in the midst of all the self-contradictory simulacra of community, is the community of those who seek… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
... an essential feature of a decent society, and an almost defining feature of a democratic society, is relative equality of outcome… — Noam Chomsky 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
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
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
I was always interested in the larger picture, I was pre-law in college, and had a degree in economics. I was very… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
But what does it mean to be on God's side? I believe it starts with focusing on the common good - not… — Jim Wallis 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
Anyone can accomplish anything and rise to the challenge as long as they are willing to work with others, to let go… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
We all want Kentucky to be a place where our children and grandchildren want to - and can afford to raise their… — Andy Beshear Copy Share Image
Public values are not only under attack in the United States and elsewhere but appear to have become irrelevant just as those… — Henry Giroux 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
While we try to amass wealth, make piles of money, get hold of the land as our real property, overtop one another… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
“Strategy cannot be a useful concept if it is a synonym for success. Nor can it be a useful tool if it… — Richard Rumelt Copy Share Image
“All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Our society accepts the book as a given, but the act of reading -- once considered useful and important, as well as… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
Everyone has to contribute to the common good. To not do so can be described in one word: selfish. — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
You talk about the [armed] service teaches you how to depend on each other, the service makes you aware of the common… — Jerry Jones Copy Share Image
There is something desperately lonely about Barack Obama's universe. One gets the overwhelming sense of someone yearning for connection, for something that… — Simon Critchley 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
If development is the new name for peace, war and preparations for war are the major enemy of the healthy development of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image