Public Virtue Quotes

12 quotes by 10 authors

The diminution of public virtue is usually attended with that of public happiness, and the public liberty will not long survive the total extinction of… — Samuel Adams
When was public virtue to be found when private was not? — William Cowper
The founders of this nation understood that private morality is the fount from whence sound public policy springs. Replying to Washington's first inaugural address, the… — Thomas G. West
Our conflict is not likely to cease so soon as every good man would wish. The measure of iniquity is not yet filled; and unless… — George Washington
There is no institution more vital to our Nation's survival than the American family. Here the seeds of personal character are planted, the roots of… — Ronald Reagan
When a people, having become free, establish wise laws, their revolution is complete... Peace and prosperity, public virtue, victory, everything is in the vigor of… — Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular… — Joseph Pulitzer
That the foundation of our national policy should be laid in private morality. If individuals be not influenced by moral principles, it is in vain… — James Madison
We may wonder at the choice of Israel and Rome as the archetypes of the new nation, in view of the long history of suffering… — Robert Neelly Bellah
Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together," Pulitzer wrote. "An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and… — Joseph Pulitzer
Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics — John Adams

Who Wrote These Public Virtue Quotes

10 authors contributed a total of 12 Public Virtue Quotes as follows: