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
For her part, the Church always works for the integral development of every person. In this sense, she reiterates that the common… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Can we imagine a different world? I can. That's a world where work is rational, it's in the common good, and we're… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
Many years ago someone told me something that I flatly refused to accept. And I still don't accept it now, despite all… — Sergei Lukyanenko 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
We are called to serve the common good by engaging with political and other institutions, even in our pluralistic society. We bring… — John I. Jenkins Copy Share Image
Some fine day, Democrats may figure out how to get on the right side of the value divide - how to define… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
Our nation's commitment is to provide a quality education to every child to serve the public common good. Accordingly, we must shift… — Betsy DeVos 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 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
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
“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
“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
“ 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
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
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
“I know about people who talk about suffering for the common good. It's never bloody them! When you hear a man shouting… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Young people oppose those market-driven values and practices aimed at both creating radically individualized subjects and undermining those public spheres that create… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Not only have individual politicians and celebrities personally condemned your automobiles for being too messy, noisy, and harmful to the common good,… — Steven Crowder Copy Share Image
During the Enlightenment, there were brilliant thinkers who realized that, if you assume most people are naturally selfish and you construct the… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
If there's reason for hope, it lies in man's occasional binges of cooperation. To save our planet, we'll need that kind of… — George Meyer Copy Share Image
Democracy is extremely complex; it is extremely concrete. It's about constantly choosing, finding, developing practical options within the common good. Constantly searching… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
“Markets do not automatically generate trust, cooperation or collective action for the common good. Quite the contrary: it is in the nature… — Tony Judt 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
Be warned that if you wish, as I do, to build a society in which individuals cooperate generously and unselfishly towards a… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
You see it even in our educational systems, where the market model becomes central. It's a matter of just gaining a skill… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Sometimes we think we're a little too gifted to show up, yo uknow. But none of us truly is...By avoiding risk we… — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
“Through their teachings they dignify even the most mundane professions. According to them any profession or work that adds to the common… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Balancing the common good with the freedom and liberty to exercise that individuality has been and remains a challenge for those committed… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
The yearning for the common good comes from the refusal to accept that perhaps Americans have very little in common apart from… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
It doesn't thrill me to bits that the state has to use the tools of electronic surveillance to keep us safe, but… — John Lanchester 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
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
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
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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
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
What I mean by the common good is that we understand we're all part of something bigger than ourselves, that we live… — Joan Wallach Scott Copy Share Image
“My time in the Middle East led me to realize that, with a few rare exceptions, the dominant political ideology there—whether you… — Thomas L. Friedman Copy Share Image
As you know, in this democracy, in order to have a healthy democracy, we have to get to the common good. But… — Matthew Dowd Copy Share Image
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