“None of this is ever going to change until each of us changes. The change has to come from us, and the… — Peter K. Fallon Copy Share Image
The British use a system where the profits a corporation reports to shareholders is what they pay taxes on. Whereas in America… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for… — Queen Elizabeth II Copy Share Image
“THE BIG THREE “All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
No decisions should ever be made without asking the question, is this for the common good? — Michael Moore 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
“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
I think both freedom of religion and freedom of expression are both fundamental human rights, everyone has not only the freedom and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
My own sense as an American is that we have begun to experience the disadvantages of framing virtually all moral issues in… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“We deem it opportune to remind our children of their duty to take an active part in public life and to contribute… — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
Stalin, Lenin, Marx, Mao, Pol Pot, Antifa, Castro, Che Guevara and the like use power to reduce the sanctity of the individual… — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
“Many, Lorenzo, have held and still hold the opinion, that there is nothing which has less in common with another, and that… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
To become fully human means learning to turn my gratitude for being alive into some concrete common good. It means growing gentler… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Libertarians recognize the inevitable pluralism of the modern world and for that reason assert that individual liberty is at least part of… — Tom G. Palmer Copy Share Image
Different political views, even if they're all liberal, in the sense of supporting liberal constitutional democracy, undoubtedly have some notion of the… — John Rawls 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
In this era of tightening world food supplies, the ability to grow food is fast becoming a new form of geopolitical leverage,… — Lester R. Brown 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
Nonviolence seeks to ‘win’ not by destroying or even by humiliating the adversary, but by convincing [the adversary] that there is a… — Thomas Merton 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
Humanism inspires a lot of enthusiasm for everyday life and urges people to be better to one another, to work towards a… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
The billionaire who sits on his money and doesn't do anything for the common good - I'm not interested in that person. — Arpad Busson 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
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
“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
