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He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.
William Blake
Art
Good
Science
Hypocrite
Plea
Must
Would
Minute
General
General Good
He
Another
Exist
Scoundrel
Cannot
Flatterer
Organized
Who
Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community.
George Mason
Government
Good
Safety
Community
Every
Society
Ought
Kind
Civil
General
General Good
Calculated
Compact
Therefore
There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Good
Humane
Benefit
Several
Respects
Good Reason
General
More
General Good
Could
Suppose
Instruction
Gods
Human
Human Beings
Us
Reason
Beings
Humans
So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.
William Blackstone
Good
Great
Property
Law
Will
Community
General
General Good
Moreover
Least
Private
Private Property
Regard
Whole
Even
Violation
FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest might be employed to advantage for purposes affecting the general good.
Felix Adler
Time
Good
Day
Legal
Rest
Long
Long Time
Conviction
Community
Has-Been
General
General Good
Purposes
Weekly
Advantage
Employed
Institutions
Felt
Without
Been
Affecting
Existing
Might
Prejudice
As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good, are apt to be at complete war with one another.
John Stuart Mill
War
Good
Charity
Matter
Complete
Immediate
Apt
General
General Good
Directly
Concerned
Another
Ultimate
Effect
Which
Persons
Consequence
Everyone living under the social contract we call democracy has a duty to act responsibly, to obey the laws, and to abandon certain types of self-interested behaviors that conflict with the general good.
Simon Mainwaring
Good
Democracy
Conflict
Obey
Duty
Living
Types
Everyone
Abandon
Responsibly
General
Laws
General Good
Call
Contract
Behaviors
Social
Social Contract
Certain
Act
Innocence is not virtue. Virtue demands the active employment of an ardent mind in the promotion of the general good. No man can be eminently virtuous who is not accustomed to an extensive range of reflection.
William Godwin
Good
Man
Reflection
Mind
Active
Innocence
Virtue
Virtuous
Range
Promotion
General
Ardent
General Good
Demands
Employment
Accustomed
Who
Extensive
Let us display our loyalty and love and embrace every opportunity to become wealthy and strong; let our first object be the veneration of the Imperial Court, which vouchsafes its protection to the commonwealth, and let those who hold the reins of government consider the general good.
Zhang Zhidong
Love
Government
Good
Loyalty
Strong
Protection
Opportunity
First
Become
Every
Consider
Our
Those
Wealthy
Embrace
Object
General
General Good
Imperial
Court
Hold
Which
Commonwealth
Us
Who
Display
Let Us
Reins
Every Opportunity