Individual Quote by William Blackstone

So there's always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common - and…

— Neil Abercrombie

The public good is promoted best by people pursuing their own private interests. This bothers some people because they're more concerned with motives than…

— Walter E. Williams

It is just observation that the people commonly intend the Public Good.

— Alexander Hamilton

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

— John Jay Chapman

Money is a public good; as such, it lends itself to private exploitation.

— Charles P. Kindleberger

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

— Joel Miller

No public interest is anything other or nobler than a massed accumulation of private interests.

— Mark Twain

In the long run, the public interest depends on private virtue.

— James Q. Wilson

Indeed, in a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen.

— John Marshall

How can there ever possibly be a conflict between my private interests and the public good?

— Ashleigh Brilliant

Government is the implementation of the public good.

— Anonymous

There are many special interests skilful at manipulating circumstances and communications in such a way as to benefit their own ends and not necessarily…

— Randal Marlin