Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have never, in any case, regarded the pursuit of happiness as anything other than an aberration of the human spirit.


Eyes of Democracy (ed. 1990)

John Grierson Quotes

Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have never, in any case,...

Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have never, in any case,...

Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have never, in any case,...

Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have never, in any case,...