For the common good Quotes

“For what is socialism? With the frills removed, it is people collectively running society. Instead of being the prisoners of anarchic capitalist competition and the mad rush for profit at any cost, it is working together for the common good. Our tremendous co-operative power would be controlled, not by a ruling class in the search for ever greater profits, but democratically and for the fulfillment of human need.”

“In conversation we are sustained by the wisdom of those who have gone before us. We are also empowered to discern how we will face the challenges of both the present and the future. Reading is essential to this conversational way of life, as we often cannot literally converse with our forbears or with those who are following similar vocations in other places. We read as a way of listening to the wisdom of others. The conversation continues as we reply to this wisdom both internally and externally. Internally, we reply as we grapple to make sense of this wisdom in our own context. Externally, we reply to our reading as we discuss it with our church or work community.”

“There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.”

“I do not understand, why should mankind destroy each other?. Instead of building and working together for the common good?”

“Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community.”

“One of the most important qualities of a president is the ability to inspire, to bring people together for the common good.”

“Any man who has ever tried to use political power for the common good has felt an awful sense of powerlessness.”

“Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good.”

“Women can enter (...) negotiations with the knowledge that showing concern for the common good, even as they negotiate for themselves, will strengthen their position.”