The idea that anybody might be allowed to use their common sense when clearly no harm is being done is part of history now.
The United States and Russia probably do not have common aims and dreams, but they have common worries: Both Washington and Moscow are concerned about the rise of China and are threatened by the rise of radical Islam.
We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.
Following the rise of the Labour Party it seemed reasonable, in 1927, to expect, or at least hope, that co-operation for the common good might gradually replace the competitiveness of capitalism.
Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good.
Any man who has ever tried to use political power for the common good has felt an awful sense of powerlessness.
What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.
Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life.
Protestantism came to America to make America Protestant. It was assumed that was to be done through faith in the reasonableness of the common man and the establishment of a democratic republic.
I respect the audience's intelligence a lot, and that's why I don't try to go for the lowest common denominator.
Just as you should never confuse the law with common justice, intelligence should not be confused with common sense. Some of the brightest people in the world have no idea how to cross the road.
We must return to optimism in our parenting. To focus on the joys, not the hassles; the love, not the disappointments; the common sense, not the complexities.
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
LOVE is made up of a strong affection and patience whiles LUST is made up of a strong affection and impatience. Affection is common to them, but patience is not common.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
John Locke invented common sense, and only Englishmen have had it ever since!
Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.
Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire nation, or the entire human race.
I think it's common sense to say that the longer away from a crime it gets prosecuted, the less deterrent effect there is.
Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common.
Every problem can be solved as long as they use common sense and apply the right research and techniques.
