Acceptance Quote by Ivan Illich

Everybody has an instinctive desire to do good things and avoid evil. But that desire is sterile as long as we have no experience…

— Thomas Merton

In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell.

— H. L. Mencken

You know how some people are - they always feel they have to do things for other people's good, no matter what happens to…

— Frances Parkinson Keyes

I believe that people generally want to be what we call good. They want to cooperate with people. They don't want to steal; they…

— Stephen J. Dubner

We don't have to be good, you know? No one's telling us that we have to do good things, but we do them because…

— Michael Franti

I've said it before, good people are forced to do bad things.

— Angus Cloud

We can all be good when we have no temptation or provocation to the contrary.

— Samuel Richardson

Being good at something is not someone's fault. It's merely a gift. Gifts should be cherished, not envied and put down.

— Anonymous

I think you have to remember that Americans saw their purpose as so innately good that they could excuse the pain they would inflict…

— Neil Sheehan

I think people are naturally good, I see it every day. Look at this restaurant. No one's causing anybody any trouble in here. We're…

— Torquil Campbell

In a free society, it is hard for 'good' people to do 'good', but that is a small price to pay for making it…

— Milton Friedman

Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from…

— Adam Schiff