Paul H. Douglas Quotes

The national interest is not simply the sum of our special interests and attachments.

Whoever is president, my first priority is the same - as always. I look for what's best for West Virginia and the nation as a whole.

As it is for the good of all and the general well-being of the nation, I hereby consent; you may say to the people that I will remain. I will remain.

Public before private and country before family.

One should do what is good for the country.

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.

I am confident that I can serve my country without being involved as the president of the country now.

The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best.

What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.

I authored the Universal National Service Act because I believe that everyone in America should contribute to the greater good of America.

It is statesmanlike for the administration and Congress to look to our nation's welfare beyond their terms in office.

I was not elected to serve one party but to serve one nation.

We have seen more than once that the public welfare may call upon the best citizens for their lives.

By a Party, With a Party, but for the Country.

The public interest is more than the sum total of the interest groups.

I can no longer be called the President of a party. I am now the president of the whole people.

… the honor of the nation and the good of mankind, demand that Mr. Lincoln be sustained and re-elected.

The legitimate object of government is "to do for the people what needs to be done, but which they cannot, by individual effort, do at all, or do so well, for themselves.

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

There is a higher duty than that we owe political party.

Our fate as a nation and our future as a people rest not upon one citizen but upon all citizens.

Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.

I believe all of us want to do good for our country.

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

None of us has any personal interest above the interests of the country. Our country is more important than our careers.