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I believe in cooperating for the common good.
My dream is to achieve AI for the common good.
The common good and the individual good rarely coincide.
What it missing, I think, is this notion of the common good.
The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all.
Make sure your intentions are not only for yourself, but also for the common good.
We need to rediscover the idea of the common good and work together to build a home.
Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals.
No decisions should ever be made without asking the question, is this for the common good?
Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community.
There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
Everyone has to contribute to the common good. To not do so can be described in one word: selfish.
When you have a highly divided society, it's hard to come together to make investments in the common good.
In a politically diverse nation, only by finding that common ground can we achieve results 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.
A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.
The billionaire who sits on his money and doesn't do anything for the common good - I'm not interested in that person.
When you have a new government assume power, everyone, without exception, has to work for the benefit of the common good.
Elections should highlight principled disagreements, but they must not obscure our capacity to cooperate for the common good.
A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good.
Our mission and task has always been to find a pragmatic balance among competing interests that will serve the greatest common good.
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.
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.
When it all boils down, it's about embracing each others' stories and maybe even finding that synergy to collaborate for the common good.
I know Barack Obama. And I believe that as president, he'll pursue the common good by seeking common ground rather than trying to divide us.
Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
Be it terrorists or 'blinded by greed' capitalists or 'deaf and dumb and siloed' officials, special interests will always tyrannize the common good.
We need to hold accountable anyone who has misused power, and put that power to work for the common good. That includes, but goes beyond, police reform.
We've increasingly lost that sense of community, of the notion that there is something we contribute to and benefit from that is called the common good.
Libertarians recognize the inevitable pluralism of the modern world and for that reason assert that individual liberty is at least part of the common good.
I'm bothered when people don't understand that they have an obligation to use their best measure of devotion, of resources, to sacrifice for the common good.
At best, a 100-day measurement of a new presidency is a meaningless abstraction. At worst, it's an invite to cheap politicking at the expense of the common good.
In my opinion, serving the common good is the true purpose of politics and is also the perspective through which our community should consider constitutional reform.
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.
Authority is mainly a moral power; therefore, it must first call upon the conscience, that is, upon the duty that each person has to contribute willingly to the common good.
The great American tradition is one of pluralism, not exclusive secularism. The strength of our country is reflected in the contributions that we all make to the common good.
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.
Every dollar that is printed should not represent a debt to private bankers. It should represent an investment potential in the common good, in the common needs of our country.
Some fine day, Democrats may figure out how to get on the right side of the value divide - how to define America as a place of the common good and not a playground of the strong.
Market forces and capitalism by themselves aren't sufficient to ensure the common good and to limit the concentration of wealth at levels that are compatible with democratic ideals.
Sincere and generous collaboration is the best way to fulfil the legitimate aspirations of each person and achieve great collective goals for the common good and the general interest.
There is an important message that all political leaders should be taking from the response to coronavirus, and that is that people are prepared to make hard choices for the common good.
No one should be forced to violate one's conscience, nor should anyone be forced out of service of the common good because there are some things their conscience tells them they cannot do.
The wealthy have installed their slaves in the highest spheres of the state. The banks are privately owned. They are concerned solely with profits. They have no interest in the common good.
Providing for the common good, making people feel secure in their communities and homes - this is the central job of government. it's why all of us are here serving our state and our people.
For Christians, faith is a precious good, the most valuable personal and social resource. When it is left untapped, the common good suffers - not just the particular interests of Christians.
Politics, according to the Social Doctrine of the Church, is one of the highest forms of charity, because it serves the common good. I cannot wash my hands, eh? We all have to give something!
Following the rise of the Labour Party it seemed reasonable, in 1927, to expect, or at least hope, that co-operation for the common good might gradually replace the competitiveness of capitalism.
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.
We all want Kentucky to be a place where our children and grandchildren want to - and can afford to raise their own children, keeping families together and growing our commonwealth. For the common good.