Our difference of opinion amounts to this, that you make the mainspring self-interest, while I suppose that interest in
the common weal is bound to exist in every man of a certain degree of advancement.
He is gay and thoughtless, takes little heed of landmarks, depends upon his leaders and companions to think for
the common weal, and, if left to himself, is easily perplexed and lost.
Yet the old self-contained national entities continue to flourish, and enrich
the common weal. The nuances of culture and politics are not mutually exclusive.
Craig Dalzell, head of policy and research at
the Common Weal think-tank, which is part of the Revive coalition, said: "Our research into alternative visions for grouse moors discovered every reasonable alternative use provided more in the way of economic value to the Scottish economy than shooting birds does.
The collected fruit would be turned into either cider or juice by
the Common Weal Cider group and sold for profit.
The report - produced by
the Common Weal think tank - was published ahead of a meeting between TSSA general secretary Manuel Cortes and Transport Secretary Humza Yousaf.
Wilson also dips into unsavory wartime labor unrest-strikes and seizures that contradict the notion that all America put shoulders to
the common weal in patriotic unity.
The stalling of the Canada trade deal with Europe - certainly a simpler one than ours is likely to be - over an issue to do with the Walloon Parliament in Belgium shows where the power will lie: with politicians who will behave as politicians sometimes do, with parochial interests triumphing over
the common weal.
The members of each department were more united and sought what was best for
the common weal when they once shared tables, and even meals, in a big room at the old Palma Hall.
They waited until old age or death to bequeath their great fortunes to
the common weal. Zuckerberg is just 31.
Phil was a deeply committed public servant intent on promoting
the common weal in the fullest sense, and he was also a serious politician.
Common Weal (2014) '
The Common Weal Policy Unit: An introduction', Common Weal blog, at http://www.allofusfirst.org/latest/the-common-weal-policy-unit-an-introduction/.
The interest returned to public coffers, to be spent on
the common weal.
The Common Weal blueprint for Scotland produced by the Foundation named after Jimmy Reid has been shaped by those words and is a fitting tribute to the man.