Howard Gossage Quotes

Let's gear our advertising to sell goods, but let's recognize also that advertising has a broad social responsibility.

The corporation was originally conceived as a public institution whose purpose was to serve national interests and advance the public good.

The trade of advertising is now so near to perfection that it is not easy to propose any improvement. But as every art ought to be exercized in due subordination to the public good, I cannot but propose it as a moral question to these masters of the public ear, whether they do not sometimes play too wantonly with our passions.

The supreme inspiration is the common weal.

That’s the function of government—to do for people what they cannot do for themselves.

Our aim is not to do away with corporations; on the contrary, these big aggregations are an inevitable development of modern industrialism …. We are not hostile to them; we are merely determined that they shall be so handled as to subserve the public good. We draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth.

It is the essence of responsibility to put the public good ahead of personal gain.

Common carriers exercise a sort of public office, and have duties to perform in which the public is interested.... Their business is, therefore, affected with a public interest

I think whenever something is - whenever there's something that affects the public good, then there does need to be some form of public oversight.

We need leaders who appeal to us to think about something other than narrow self-interest but instead focus upon the greater good.

We have to be guided by the interest of society and the development of the state.

A president must serve only the common cause of the people of the United States.

Duty is that mode of action which constitutes the best application of the capacity of the individual to the general advantage.

For me, public service is an honor, and I have the ultimate respect for the rule of law.

Let's start with a basic question: Do we, as a country, want our most highly qualified employees from the private sector to pursue public service? The answer, I would imagine, should be yes.

I have always been very open about my respect for public service.

I am drawn to public service.

Real politics should work for the long-term and overall interests of the community.

What was a profitable business in one era can become a public utility and a recognized public good in the next.

I believe in the state as a power for good.

It's time to put back on the agenda the importance of public ownership and public good, the value of working together collaboratively, not in competition.

I grew up to believe in public service. It is in the core of who I am.

We the people have the power to decide who we want to see in our advertisements and how we want the world to be portrayed. If we show that being ethical and being diverse is profitable, they're going to market to us.

In the back of my mind, always, is the firmly held belief that public policies must serve the long-term interests and well-being of the community at large.

Defining of the public interest is always very, very difficult.