Common Good Quotes
138 quotes by 104 authors
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Each generation, as it seeks to advance the common good, must ask anew: 'What are the requirements that governments may reasonably impose upon citizens, and…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow from them, are measures of…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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When you're fund-raising for schools, then something's wrong. We seem to have lost some sort of sense of what the common good is, and if…
— Lewis Black
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It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are…
— Jimmy Carter
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Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track,…
— Hillary Clinton
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Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community.
— Thomas Aquinas
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The aim of every political Constitution, is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most…
— James Madison
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Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come, and trees are known by the fruits they bear:…
— Algernon Sidney
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America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal…
— Ayn Rand
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I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes as common as the grass.
— Laozi
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The dignity of the human person is a transcendent value, always recognized as such by those who sincerely search for the truth. Indeed, the whole…
— Pope John Paul II
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A zeal for different opinions concerning religion...[has] divided mankind into parties, inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much more disposed to vex and…
— James Madison
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This new power, which has proved itself to be such a terrifying weapon of destruction, is harnessed for the first time for the common good…
— Queen Elizabeth II
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In an era when careerism dominates the campus, is it too much to expect students to go beyond their private interests, learn about the world…
— Ernest L. Boyer
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You are already leaders. Your ideas, your actions and your decisions make a difference. More than any other generation, you have a voice. Social networking…
— Ban Ki-moon
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Laws which authorize and promote abortion and euthanasia are therefore radically opposed not only to the good of the individual but also to the common…
— Pope John Paul II
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We talk about democracy as if it's a safeguard for individual rights... Instead, it's become our way of intruding on rights, allegedly in the name…
— Jonathan D. Morris
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My goal is to achieve a little less injustice in Uruguay, to help the most vulnerable and to leave behind a political way of thinking,…
— Jose Mujica
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While the earnings of a minority are growing exponentially, so too is the gap separating the majority from the prosperity enjoyed by those happy few.…
— Pope Francis
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Solidarity is not a feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of so many people, both near and far. On the contrary,…
— Pope John Paul II
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