The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
How can there ever possibly be a conflict between my private interests and the public good? — Ashleigh Brilliant Copy Share Image
People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
So there's always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common… — Neil Abercrombie Copy Share Image
Industry is far more efficient than the university in making use of scientific developments for the public good. Reported in 1981, as… — Herbert Boyer Copy Share Image
The trade of advertising is now so near to perfection that it is not easy to propose any improvement. But as every… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Capitalism is based on individual rights - not on the sacrifice of the individual to the 'public good' of the collective. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary. — Nathan Hale Copy Share Image
If it is true that vice can never be done away with, the science of government consists of making it contribute to… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
The true liberty of the press is amply secured by permitting every man to publish his opinion; but it is due to… — Thomas McKean Copy Share Image
The powers contained in a constitution...ought to be construed liberally in advancement of the public good. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
What's distinctively shocking about Machiavelli is that he didn't care. He believed not only that politicians must do evil in the name… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Out of politics comes more uproar than progress. It is indeed surprising how little, comparatively, this noisy department of human affairs contributes… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Yes, I'm nervous. You'll find in time most people are. They simply learn better how to disguise it, and sometimes, if they're… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
It is too early for politicians to presume on our forgetting that the public good, the real welfare of the great body… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I now add, farther, that the apostles argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey,… — Jonathan Mayhew Copy Share Image
Marriage is a public good, not just a private relationship. We have a public stake in healthy marriages and two-parent families. Our… — William J Doherty Copy Share Image
The extraordinary genius of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie 100 years ago was their recognition that the great wealth they had… — Judith Rodin Copy Share Image
The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights. — William Blackstone Copy Share Image
Poverty is dishonorable, not in itself, but when it is a proof of laziness, intemperance, luxury, and carelessness; whereas in a person… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“There are seemingly parallel origins of Nature’s God in America and China’s Mandate of Heaven. These twin concepts created socio-political forces for… — Patrick Mendis Copy Share Image
Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate… — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
