The common good is the notion of shared collective responsibility and reciprocity. It's that that we've lost. — Joan Wallach Scott Copy Share Image
“In the era of angry and aggressive policing, it is an honorable service to your fellow citizens to video record police officers… — Steven Magee 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
“He talked about democracy and good citizenship and about a good world where everyone did the best he could for the common… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals. — Harold Washington Copy Share Image
“In truth, a State whose society is not sovereign is no sovereign State at all. Such is the case when a society… — Pope John Paul II 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
Markets are a social construction, they're made from institutions. We in a democratic society create markets, we constitute markets, we bring them… — Douglas Massey Copy Share Image
The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The people shall not be restrained from peacefully assembling and consulting for their common good, nor from applying to the legislature by… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Religion creates community, community creates altruism and altruism turns us away from self and towards the common good... There is something about… — Jonathan Sacks 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
Politics, according to the Social Doctrine of the Church, is one of the highest forms of charity, because it serves the common… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Vast historical changes in the last 500 years in the West have slowly created a world in which the individual is commonly… — Philip Cushman 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
“Don’t waste the rest of your time here worrying about other people—unless it affects the common good. It will keep you from… — Marcus Aurelius 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
“Intolerance of Christianity will rise to levels many of us have not believed possible in our lifetimes, and public policy will become… — John Price Copy Share Image
The dignity of the human person is a transcendent value, always recognized as such by those who sincerely search for the truth.… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
There's no necessary connection between maximizing social utility or economic wealth and creating a flourishing democracy. The first does not guarantee the… — Michael Sandel 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
God ordained and established civil government, but only to serve the common good. A civil government that oppresses its people and acts… — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
Tony Blair made decisions on what he thought was best for the people of Great Britain, and I made decisions on what… — George W. Bush 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
I am a strong believer in the free market. I am a strong believer in capitalism. But, I am also a strong… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For Christians, faith is a precious good, the most valuable personal and social resource. When it is left untapped, the common good… — Miroslav Volf Copy Share Image
It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The imbalance results from ideologies which uphold the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation, and thus deny the right of control… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Collectivism means the subjugation of the individual to a group - whether to a race, class or state does not matter. Collectivism… — Ayn Rand 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
This was the noblest Roman of them all. All the conspirators, save only he,Did that they did in envy of Caesar;He only,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“They don't take the Bible as a general thing, sailors don't; though I will say that I never saw the man at… — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Copy Share Image
The Reagan-Bush years have exalted private gain over public obligation, special interests over the common good, wealth and fame over work and… — William J. Clinton 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
“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
America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Leadership is the ability to get individuals to work together for the common good and the best possible results while at the… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
All men naturally hate each other. We have used concupiscence as best we can to make it serve the common good, but… — Blaise Pascal 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
