Neil Abercrombie Quotes

Upon the principles of reason, the good of many is preferable to the good of a few or of one; a lasting good is to be preferred before a temporary, the public before the private.

I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.

If you're going to use the public resources, you need the public benefit.

Private advantages are often impediments of publick Profit…publick profits should be in a single power to direct, whose Interest is only the benefit of the whole

An individual, in promoting his own interest, may injure the public interest; a nation, in promoting the general welfare, may check the interest of a part of its members.

Anything that benefits the public and not just big banking, that's what I'm with.

Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed to pursue his own interest, and likewise to contribute to the good of others.

If I can't do something for the public good, what the hell am I doing?

What it missing, I think, is this notion of the common good.

No decisions should ever be made without asking the question, is this for the common good?

Everyone thinks chiefly of his own, hardly ever of the public interest.

The only public good is that which assures the private good of the citizens.

The final end of government is not to exert restraint but to do good.

I will ever prefer the weal of the public and of the whole commonwealth, in making of good laws and constitutions, to any particular and private ends of mine

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

The public interest is not defined as what is interesting to the public.

Men in their private capacities may be allowed to prefer their single profit, but should consult only the general good in public councils.

The supreme inspiration is the common weal.

The stock of materials by which any nation is rendered flourishing and prosperous are its industry, its knowledge or skill, its morals, its execution of justice, its courage, and the national union in directing these powers to one point and making them all center in the public benefit.

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

A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public.

All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good.

We need to revise our economic thinking to give full value to our natural resources. This revised economics will stabilize both the theory and the practice of free-market capitalism. It will provide business and public policy with a powerful new tool for economic development, profitability, and the promotion of the public good.

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.

The injustice done to an individual is sometimes of service to the public.