I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my country.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. cultivate peace and harmony with all.

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.

It is necessary to look forward to a harvest, however distant that may be, when some fruit will be reaped, some good effected.

Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.

Evil can be undone, but it cannot "develop" into good.