Collective Well-Being Quotes

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

We are accountable to each other; having an equitable Minnesota benefits everyone, not just the disenfranchised.

The same things are best both for individuals and for states, and these are the things which the legislator ought to implant in the minds of his citizens.

The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.

Are we Darwinists - where we live and let live? Or are we nurturing as a society? There has to be a standard of living that we decide to support.

the main necessity on both sides of a revolution is kindness, which makes possible the most surprising things. To treat one's neighbor as oneself is the fundamental maxim for revolution.

What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all of its children.

What the best and wisest parent wants for his child must be what the community wants for all of its children. Any other ideal for our schools is narrow and unlovely; it destroys our democracy.

America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail.

There are differences between us. But it doesn't make sense to emphasize that, because my future and yours is connected with everyone else's. So we have to take seriously our concern for all of humanity. When we focus on our individuality, humanity inevitably suffers. And once humanity suffers, each one of us will also suffer.

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

What began in deadly competition has helped us to see that global cooperation is the essential precondition for our survival. Travel is broadening. It's time to hit the road again.

It really does matter what my neighbor’s lot in life is.

The State must act as the guardian of a millennial future in the face of which the wishes and the selfishness of the individual must appear as nothing and submit.

The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.

Society ... can afford to grant more than before because its interests have become the innermost drives of its citizens.

In the long run, no nation can prosper unless the world prospers.

Perpetual prosperity comes to those who help others.

Indeed men too often take upon themselves in the prosecution of their revenge to set the example of doing away with those general laws to which all can look for salvation in adversity, instead of allowing them to subsist against the day of danger when their aid may be required

Although attempting to bring about world peace through the internal transformation of individuals is difficult, it is the only way.

There can be no Swaraj where there is no harmony, no music.

The likelihood that your acts of resistance cannot stop the injustice does not exempt you from acting in what you sincerely and reflectively hold to be the best interests of your community.

Struggle so that all may live this rich, overflowing life. And be sure that in this struggle you will find a joy greater than anything else can give.

At the end of the day, we're people and we should fight for each other and we should make sure the well-being of each one of us is taken care of.