Common good Quote by Michel Temer

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do…

— Harry Browne

Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.

— Matthew Lesko

“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or…

— John Adams

Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will…

— Robert A. Heinlein

Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private…

— John Adams

All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and…

— James F. Cooper

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

— John Jay Chapman

Ordinary people want good government.

— Subramanian Swamy

A good government is one with a duty to help everyone, to maximise his or her potential: Indigenous people, people with disabilities, and our…

— Warren Mundine

The more power government has to provide things, the more power it has to dictate terms.

— Sheldon Richman

Ultimately, power only really listens to power, and if government is to be improved, we must be able to threaten its existence, not merely…

— Vaclav Havel

Advocacy groups, politicians, and bureaucrats use the government to advance their private good instead of the common good.

— Joel Miller