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As the nation watches, Democrats and Republicans should reflect the interspersed character of America itself. Perhaps, by sitting with each other for one night, we will begin to rekindle that common spark that brought us here from 50 different states and widely diverging backgrounds to serve the public good.
Mark Udall
Good
Character
Will
Nation
Reflect
Rekindle
Other
Backgrounds
States
One-Night
Brought
Perhaps
Democrats
Democrats And Republicans
Itself
Begin
America
Sitting
Common
Different
Public
Republicans
Spark
Us
Public Good
Should
Each
Serve
Widely
Watches
Here
Night
Money has always been framed as a public good, one that must be stewarded by governments, when in fact, it is a private enterprise like any other which is fueled by personal agendas, regulation, and the quest for geopolitical hegemony.
Meltem Demirors
Good
Money
Other
Framed
Enterprise
Must
Fact
Like
Always
Geopolitical
Private
Private Enterprise
Been
Quest
Governments
Personal
Any
In Fact
Which
Public
Hegemony
Fueled
Agendas
Public Good
Regulation
What's distinctively shocking about Machiavelli is that he didn't care. He believed not only that politicians must do evil in the name of the public good, but also that they shouldn't worry about it. He was unconcerned, in other words, with what modern thinkers call 'the problem of dirty hands.'
Michael Ignatieff
Good
Problem
Words
Care
Evil
Politicians
Other
Worry
Machiavelli
Must
About
Only
Dirty
Unconcerned
He
Name
Also
Call
Shocking
Hands
Modern
In Other Words
Public
Public Good
Believed
Thinkers
So there's always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common - and what can be exploited for a private interest.
Neil Abercrombie
Good
Clash
Between
Always
Private
Been
Common
Which
Interest
Public
Us
Public Good
Exploited
Belongs
Many European countries, as well as Australia, Canada, Israel, and New Zealand, have adopted legislation that creates a 'public lending right', where the government recognises that enabling hundreds of people to read a single copy of a book provides a public good, but that doing so is likely to reduce sales of the book.
Peter Singer
Government
Good
Book
People
Single
Hundreds
Hundreds Of People
Recognises
Adopted
Countries
New
Likely
Well
Read
Enabling
Reduce
Israel
Doing
Sales
Provides
Australia
Canada
Legislation
Where
New Zealand
Lending
Public
Public Good
Creates
European
European Countries
Many
Zealand
Right
Copy
Cities could open up their property and assets to sharing economy apps that make it easier to find parking spaces or homes for rent. By aligning private-sector incentives with the public good, cities will create confidence among taxpayers.
Pierre Nanterme
Good
Property
Confidence
Will
Apps
Easier
Cities
Find
Parking
Could
Open
Sharing
Economy
Make
Rent
Up
Spaces
Public
Create
Public Good
Taxpayers
Incentives
Homes
Among
Assets
Twitter is an amazing public tool with an incredible capacity for public good.
Rachel Sklar
Good
Amazing
Twitter
Incredible
Tool
Public
Capacity
Public Good
May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur; quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty years of my life my life has been an open book of service to my fellow architects and for the public good.
Ralph Thomas Walker
Life
Service
Good
Knowledge
Humble
Book
My Life
Finally
Say
Has-Been
Architects
Through
Open
Open Book
Fellow
Am
Been
Years
Very
Contrary
Quite
May
Public
Grandeur
Public Good
Forty
Forty Years
Illusions
I champion sensibly designed racial affirmative action, not because I have benefited from it personally - though I have. I support it because, on balance, it is conducive to the public good.
Randall Kennedy
Good
Balance
Champion
Action
Though
Support
Because
Conducive
Affirmative
Affirmative Action
Sensibly
Public
Personally
Racial
Public Good
Designed
Knowledge should be a public good, and I want my ideas to have as much exposure as possible.
Sheena Iyengar
Good
Knowledge
Possible
Ideas
Want
Public
Much
Public Good
Should
Exposure
The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.
William Blackstone
Good
Rights
Protection
Nothing
Every
More
Individual
Private
Than
Essentially
Interested
Public
Public Good
Because primarily of the power of the Internet, people of modest means can band together and amass vast sums of money that can change the world for some public good if they all agree.
William J. Clinton
Good
Change
Together
People
World
Money
Internet
Power
Band
Change The World
Sums
Some
Vast
Primarily
Because
Public
Modest
Public Good
Means
Agree
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