Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Quote

To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the interest of the whole world, as far as lies within our power, is the height of goodness, and makes that temper which we call divine.


Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times: With a Collection of Letters (ed. 1790)


To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the interest of the whole world, as far as lies within our power, is the height of...

To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the interest of the whole world, as far as lies within our power, is the height of...

To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the interest of the whole world, as far as lies within our power, is the height of...

To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the interest of the whole world, as far as lies within our power, is the height of...