General Good Quotes

29 quotes by 26 authors

FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest… — Felix Adler
He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for… — William Blake
Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their own interests. But humanity also… — Marie Curie
It is much to be lamented that a man of Franklin's general good character and great influence should have been an unbeliever in Christianity, and… — Benjamin Franklin
Wherever indeed a right of property is infringed for the general good, if the nature of the case admits of compensation, it ought to be… — Alexander Hamilton
Your Marines having been under my command for nearly six months, I feel that I can give you a discriminating report as to their excellent… — John J. Pershing
Not all design is for the general good. — Paola Antonelli
If I lose my life in a good cause I am willing to be sacrificed on the altar of virtue, righteousness and truth, in maintaining… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
It is our duty to endeavor always to promote the general good; to do to all as we would be willing to be done by… — Samuel West
Ownership is not a vice, not something to be ashamed of, but rather a commitment, and an instrument by which the general good can be… — Vaclav Havel
The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things which are essential… — Henry Knox
So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even… — William Blackstone
Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests; which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents… — Edmund Burke
How glorious, then, is the prospect, the reverse of all the past, which is now opening upon us, and upon the world. Government, we may… — Joseph Priestley
If it be aught toward the general good, Set honor in one eye and death i' th' other, And I will look on both indifferently;… — William Shakespeare
The fundamental idea of modern capitalism is not the right of the individual to possess and enjoy what he has earned, but the ;thesis that… — Ralph Barton Perry
A particular disappointment is seldom more than an excrescence upon the trunk of a general good--a shower that spoils the pleasure party, but refreshes and… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Everyone living under the social contract we call democracy has a duty to act responsibly, to obey the laws, and to abandon certain types of… — Simon Mainwaring
As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good,… — John Stuart Mill
There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans… — Friedrich Nietzsche

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