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The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400 years. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

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Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have never, in any case, regarded the pursuit of happiness as anything other than an aberration of the human spirit. ↗

— John Grierson

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Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals. ↗

— Harold Washington

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A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good. ↗

— Rowan D. Williams

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It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

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Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it. ↗

— Sarah Palin

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A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

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I believe in cooperating for the common good. ↗

— Erskine Bowles

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Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

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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. ↗