“What you do is as important as anything government does. I ask you to seek a common good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor. I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character.” DoeImportantCharacterGovernmentAsksNationsEasyCommunityCommonSubjectsBuildingNeededCitizensComfortResponsibleNeighborReformSpectatorsCommon GoodBuilding Community Author:George W. Bush
“Now what is just and right is to be interpreted in the sense of 'what is equal'; and that which is right in the sense of being equal is to be considered with reference to the advantage of the state, and the common good of the citizens. And a citizen is one who shares in governing and being governed. He differs under different forms of government, but in the best state he is one who is able and willing to be governed and to govern with a view to the life of virtue.” DifferentStatesGovernmentAbleFormLawJusticeViewsCommonVirtueShareWillingCitizensEqualAdvantageGoverningForms Of GovernmentCommon GoodBeing Equal Book:Politics Source: Politics
“You see it even in our educational systems, where the market model becomes central. It's a matter of just gaining a skill or gaining access to a job to live in some vanilla suburb, as opposed to becoming a critical citizen concerned with public interest and common good.” MatterJobsInterestCommonBecomingCitizensSkillsModelsConcernedEducationalCriticalAccessSuburbsCommon GoodEducational SystemPublic InterestVanilla Author:Cornel West
“God ordained and established civil government, but only to serve the common good. A civil government that oppresses its people and acts contrary to the people's interests deposes itself, ceases to be a legitimate government, and, therefore, citizens are no longer obligated by Scripture to obey it.” PeopleGovernmentInterestCommonCitizensContraryScriptureCeaseCommon GoodLegitimate Government Author:Daniel L Dreisbach
“I abhor the word "consumer." Consumers, unlike citizens, have no implicit duties, obligations, or responsibilities to the common good. It's a degrading term. The use of it degrades the public discussion.” UseTermCommonResponsibilityDutyCitizensObligationConsumersDiscussionCommon GoodDegradeDegradingImplicit Author:James Howard Kunstler
“Each generation, as it seeks to advance the common good, must ask anew: 'What are the requirements that governments may reasonably impose upon citizens, and how far do they extend? By appeal to what authority can moral dilemmas be resolved?'” MayGovernmentAsksCommonMoralGenerationsCitizensAuthorityAppealsRequirementsDilemmaCommon GoodMoral Dilemma Author:Pope Benedict XVI