Common Good Quotes

138 Common Good quotes by 104 unique authors

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 heroic effort, in… — George Meyer
There are some arts which to those that possess them are painful, but to those that use them are helpful, a common good to laymen,… — Hippocrates
I have seen Americans making great and sincere sacrifices for the key common good and a hundred times I have noticed that, when needs be,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good. We are a diverse country,… — Jeff Miller
While patriotism is often lauded as an unquestionable value, the status of patriotism is a problem for many thoughtful people. It is particularly troublesome for… — Stephen Nathanson
It violates right order whenever capital so employs the working or wage-earning classes as to divert business and economic activity entirely to its own arbitrary… — Pope Pius XI
Children truly are the family's greatest treasure and most precious good. Consequently, everyone must be helped to become aware of the intrinsic evil of the… — Pope Benedict XVI
It is clear that those constitutions which aim at the common good are right, as being in accord with absolute justice; while those which aim… — Aristotle
More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of individualism. Man alone is an end unto himself. Everything… — Albert Camus
To be actively pro-life is to contribute to the renewal of society through the promotion of the common good. It is impossible to further the… — Pope John Paul II
Our leaders will serve the common good with better laws and better actions only when we serve it first, by casting better votes. — Alan Keyes
The important role of union organizations must be admitted: their object is the representation of the various categories of workers, their lawful collaboration in the… — Pope Paul VI
Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due; that the laws which are made shall… — Pope Pius XI
We have said that the State must not absorb the individual or the family; both should be allowed free and untrammelled action so far as… — Pope Leo XIII
The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400… — Peter DeFazio
The moral justification of capitalism does not lie in the altruist claim that it represents the best way to achieve 'the common good.' It is… — Ayn Rand
Nonviolence seeks to ‘win’ not by destroying or even by humiliating the adversary, but by convincing [the adversary] that there is a higher and more… — Thomas Merton
We have to grasp, as Marx and Adam Smith did, that corporations are not concerned with the common good. They exploit, pollute, impoverish, repress, kill,… — Chris Hedges
I believe in cooperating for the common good — Erskine Bowles
I would like the government to do all it can to mitigate, then, in understanding, in mutuality of interest, in concern for the common good,… — Warren G
The civil power must not be subservient to the advantage of any one individual, or of some few persons; inasmuch as it was established for… — Pope Leo XII
Religious pluralism is neither mere coexistence nor forced consensus. It is a form of proactive cooperation that affirms the identity of the constituent communities while… — Eboo Patel
The public realm in America has two roles: it is the dwelling place of our civilization and our civic life, and it is the physical… — James Howard Kunstler
... an essential feature of a decent society, and an almost defining feature of a democratic society, is relative equality of outcome - not opportunity,… — Noam Chomsky
The original Greek word "idiotes" referred to people who might have had a high IQ, but were so self-involved that they focused exclusively on their… — Jim Hightower

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