Public Good Quotes

I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.
George Washington

Good, Country, Public

Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity for the public good.
George Will

Good, Public, Mediocrity

Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.
Thomas a Kempis

Good, Writing, Public

I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.
Adam Smith

Good, Done, Public

Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.
Jessica Savitch

Good, Balance, Public

Because primarily of the power of the Internet, people of modest means can band together and amass vast sums of money that can change the world for some public good if they all agree.
William J. Clinton

Change, Good, Money

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.
William Blackstone

Good, Nothing, Public

Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good.
James K. Polk

Good, God, Together

All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good.
Anita Roddick

Good, History, Business

People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests.
James Bovard

Good, Government, Selfish

If I can't do something for the public good, what the hell am I doing?
Anita Roddick

Good, Hell, Public

The stability of global financial markets is a public good. If governments fail to protect this public good, then those who suffer are the working people of the world whose jobs, whose homes, and whose standard of living depends on it.
Kevin Rudd

Good, Living, Working

While I believe our Constitution allows for State and local governments to execute the power of eminent domain for those purposes that specifically serve the public good, condemning property solely to implement economic development plans is not serving the public good.
Solomon Ortiz

Good, Power, While

To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested in goods in which our personal selves are wrapped up.
George H. Mead

Good, Personal, Public

As the nation watches, Democrats and Republicans should reflect the interspersed character of America itself. Perhaps, by sitting with each other for one night, we will begin to rekindle that common spark that brought us here from 50 different states and widely diverging backgrounds to serve the public good.
Mark Udall

Good, Character, Night

A national evil requires a national remedy; let not this any longer be delayed: let your minds expand, free from every narrow principle, and let the public good become the sole object of your united Christian efforts.
Joseph Lancaster

Good, Evil, Christian

I recognized that information was, in many respects, like a public good, and it was this insight that made it clear to me that it was unlikely that the private market would provide efficient resource allocations whenever information was endogenous.
Joseph Stiglitz

Good, Made, Public

May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur; quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty years of my life my life has been an open book of service to my fellow architects and for the public good.
Ralph Thomas Walker

Life, Good, Knowledge

I now add, farther, that the apostle's argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to, such rulers as act in contradiction to the public good, and so to the design of their office, that it proves the direct contrary.
Jonathan Mayhew

Good, Design, Far

Personal faith can be a powerful force for public good.
David E. Price

Faith, Good, Powerful

If you believe that health care is a public good to be guaranteed by the state, then a single-payer system is the next best alternative. Unfortunately, it is fiscally unsustainable without rationing.
Charles Krauthammer

Good, Health, Best

The column's worked out great for me. I've gotten a ton of ego satisfaction, had a lot of fun, won a batch of prizes and occasionally done some public good.
Allan Sloan

Good, Great, Fun

My public life is before you; and I know you will believe me when I say, that when I sit down in solitude to the labours of my profession, the only questions I ask myself are, What is right? What is just? What is for the public good?
Joseph Howe

Life, Good, Down

So there's always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common - and what can be exploited for a private interest.
Neil Abercrombie

Good, Between, Public

My belief is the majority of people in politics are just interested in pursuing this career in politics, and doing what's necessary to get themselves re-elected. And if that happens to coincide with the public good, great. But if it doesn't, the public good loses out.
Dick Murphy

Politics, Good, Great

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