Public Weal Quotes

10 quotes by 9 authors

A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal. — Alexander Pope
The constitution of human nature" teaches us not to expect "that the persons, entrusted with the administration of the affairs of the particular members of… — Alexander Hamilton
The scheme of separate confederacies, which will always multiply the chances of ambition, will be a never failing bait to all such influential characters in… — Alexander Hamilton
The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories, and constituting each the guardian of… — George Washington
I think with you, that nothing is of more importance for the public weal, than to form and train up youth in wisdom and virtue.… — Benjamin Franklin
Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation or community; whenever any government shall be found… — George Mason
Luxury and excessive refinement are sure forerunners of the decadence of states, because when all individuals seek their own interests they neglect the public weal. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
To preserve, to improve, and to perpetuate the sources and to direct in their most effective channels the streams which contribute to the public weal… — John Quincy Adams
The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre. — Michel de Montaigne
Let not the poet shed tears only for the public weal. — Henry David Thoreau

Who Wrote These Public Weal Quotes

9 authors contributed a total of 10 Public Weal Quotes as follows: