She doesn't really believe in the innate goodness of people; rather, the opposite. (digitalshortbread.com)
We want to believe in the essential, unchanging goodness of people, in their power to resist external pressures. (discovermagazine.com)
In the tradition of Martin Luther King Jr., I will say that appealing to the inherent goodness of people is one way to approach the problem. (sciencemag.org)