Top 7 Public Good Quotes

The noblest motive is the public good.

Motive, Public Good

The price of power is responsibility for the public good.

Responsibility, Power, Public Good

To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good.

Silent, Mediocre, Public Good

Alexis de Tocqueville, Arthur Goldhammer (2004). “Democracy in America”, p.576, Library of America

Leadership is for those who love the public good and are endowed and trained to administer it.

Public Good

Thornton Wilder (2009). “The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Other Novels, 1926-1948”

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

Movement, Accumulation, Public Good

He that doth public good for multitudes, finds few are truly grateful

Grateful, Multitudes, Public Good

Money is a public good; as such, it lends itself to private exploitation.

Exploitation, Public Good

Charles P. Kindleberger (2000). “Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises”, Wiley

Public Good Quotes