“Duty is too often what one expects from others and not what one does. What people think and believe and plan are… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
“Although the natural rights inherent in our( Constitutional) regime are adequate to the solution of this ( minority) problem...the equal protection of… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
There could never be enough rules so finely crafted as to anticipate and cover every situation, and even if there were, enforcement… — D. Todd Christofferson Copy Share Image
I believed the people had a true instinct in most matters of government when left alone. That they were not swayed, as… — William Lyon Mackenzie King Copy Share Image
“In the words of John Fonte, “The new, transformed civic morality of the progressive narrative . . . divides Americans between dominant or ‘oppressor’ groups—whites,… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
“The question of transforming the public into the common thus raises at least three issues initially. The first is an abstract but… — Michael Hardt 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
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
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
“The soul of man is thus an emanation from the godhead, into whom it will eventually be re-absorbed. The divine ruling principle… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“The Tea Party movement and other libertarians have convinced millions of Americans that they have to answer to no authority but themselves.… — John Fea Copy Share Image
Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come, and trees are known by the… — Algernon Sidney 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
... 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
I then greet and cordially thank you all, dear friends belonging to other religious traditions; first of all the Muslims, who worship… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We have said that the State must not absorb the individual or the family; both should be allowed free and untrammelled action… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
The greatest problem before engineers and managers today is the economical utilization of labor . The limiting of output by the workman,… — Henry Gantt 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
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
A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning government, and many other points, as well of speculation as of practice; an attachment… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Conservative and liberal politicians alike now spend millions waging wars around the globe, funding the largest military state in the world, providing… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
While the earnings of a minority are growing exponentially, so too is the gap separating the majority from the prosperity enjoyed by… — Pope Francis 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
Even the best weapon is an unhappy tool, hateful to living things. So the follower of the Way stays away from it.… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“ An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations , which Smith published in 1776, is the most… — Jerry Z. Muller Copy Share Image
“Throughout the 1980's, we did hear too much about individual gain and the ethos of selfishness and greed. We did not hear… — Anonymous 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
If we are to avoid that catastrophe [a nuclear World War III], a system of world order — preferably a system of… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
Conservation is the application of common sense to the common problems for the common good. — Gifford Pinchot Copy Share Image
We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Following the rise of the Labour Party it seemed reasonable, in 1927, to expect, or at least hope, that co-operation for the… — Dora Russell Copy Share Image
Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
No one should be forced to violate one's conscience, nor should anyone be forced out of service of the common good because… — Donald Wuerl Copy Share Image
In my opinion, serving the common good is the true purpose of politics and is also the perspective through which our community… — Carrie Lam Copy Share Image
“Depression, I have argued, stems partly from an overcommitment to the self and an undercommitment to the common good. This” — Martin E.P. Seligman 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
In a politically diverse nation, only by finding that common ground can we achieve results for the common good. — Olympia Snowe Copy Share Image
People everywhere look to the United States to use its remarkable power to help lift humanity up and to work for the… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
The public realm in America has two roles: it is the dwelling place of our civilization and our civic life, and it… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image