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Public Good Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
- A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and to the complete…
- An over-scrupulous jealousy of danger to the rights of the people, which is more commonly the fault of the head than of the heart, will…
- It is a just observation that the people commonly intend the Public Good. This often applies to their very errors. But their good sense would…
- It is just observation that the people commonly intend the Public Good.
- The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government...…
More Public Good Quotes
- The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights. — William Blackstone
- Because primarily of the power of the Internet, people of modest means can band together and amass vast sums of money that… — William J. Clinton
- The acceptance of corporatism causes us to deny and undermine the legitimacy of the individual as citizen in a democracy. The result… — John Ralston Saul
- Every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary. — Albert Schweitzer
- A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and… — Alexander Hamilton
- Ashamed of the many frailties they feel within, all men endeavor to hide themselves, their ugly nakedness, from each other, and wrapping… — Bernard de Mandeville
- 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
- The greatest danger to liberty today comes from the men who are most needed and most powerful in modern government, namely, the… — Friedrich August von Hayek
- ...if the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made,… — Noah Webster
- The trade of advertising is now so near to perfection that it is not easy to propose any improvement. But as every… — Samuel Johnson
- It is a misfortune, inseparable from human affairs, that public measures are rarely investigated with that spirit of moderation which is essential… — James Madison
- The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public good. — Thomas B. Macaulay