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52 Greatest Number quotes by 44 unique authors

That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it. Every one thinks chiefly of his own, hardly at all… — Aristotle
The man who has lived the longest is not he who has spent the greatest number of years, but he who has had the greatest… — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
Of all many-sided subjects, [education] is the one which has the greatest number of sides. — John Stuart Mill
Sociology is the science with the greatest number of methods and the least results. — Henri Poincare
How shall we pass most swiftly from point to point, and be present always at the focus where the greatest number of vital forces unite… — Walter Pater
Where conflicting interests must be reconciled, the question shall always be answered from the standpoint of the greatest good of the greatest number in the… — Gifford Pinchot
The purpose of conservation: The greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time. — Gifford Pinchot
But the challenge is always the same whether each generation facing its own circumstances can summon the practical devotion to attain and retain that greatest… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or… — Albert Einstein
Conservatism vests in and depends on the widespread, informed understanding of human nature, self-governance and the First Principle of Progress: free people interacting in free… — Mary Matalin
But on a utilitarian level, I realize that to try to accomplish the greatest good for the greatest number of people, sometimes we have to… — Moby
He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas. — John Ruskin
That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings. — John Ruskin
The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people. — George Bernard Shaw
The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail,… — Adam Smith
To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I do not believe in the doctrine of the greatest good of the greatest number. The only real, dignified, human doctrine is the greatest good… — Mahatma Gandhi
The male has more teeth than the female in mankind, and sheep and goats, and swine. This has not been observed in other animals. Those… — Aristotle
The greatest events of history are those which affect the greatest number for the longest periods. — Ezra Taft Benson
The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. — William Dean Howells
To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself… — Charles Eames
The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation. — Jeremy Bentham
It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong. — Jeremy Bentham
I write by stealing time. The hours in the day have never felt as if they belonged to me. The greatest number has belonged to… — Abraham Verghese
That action is best which provides the greatest happiness for the greatest number — Francis Hutcheson

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