Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.

[U]nless oppressed groups stick together, and on alliances of self interest rather than do-goodism; nothing can be accomplished in the long run to dismantle…

— Shulamith Firestone

If my ruling disposition is self-interest, I perceive that everything that happens to me is always for or against my self-interest; if, on the…

— Oswald Chambers

Redtail was a brave warrior. His loyalty to ThunderClan could never be doubted. I always relied on his judgment, for it bore witness to…

— Erin Hunter

I am not going to make any commitments to the teachers union to do anything until they do something that's other than in their…

— Chris Christie

When self-interest inclines a man to print, he should consider that the purchaser expects a pennyworth for his penny, and has reason to asperse…

— William Shenstone

If it is written and read with serious attention, a novel, like a myth or any great work of art, can become an initiation…

— Karen Armstrong

A free society depends upon a high degree of mutual trust. The public will not give that trust to officials who are not seen…

— Archibald Cox

Like the sea itself, the unconscious yields an endless and self-replenishing abundance of creatures, a wealth beyond our fathoming.

— Carl Jung

The chief element in the art of statesmanship under modern conditions is the ability to elucidate the confused and clamorous interests which converge upon…

— Walter Lippmann

For the state by its nature claims sovereignty, the right to an unlimited development of power, determined only by self-interest. It is by nature…

— Christian Lous Lange

[Former chief executives] come away thinking that America needs a strong, functioning presidency to succeed, and they become very protective of that office. Democrats…

— Nancy Gibbs

What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or…

— Evan Bayh

Those who are successfully to lead their fellow-men, should have once possessed the nobler feelings. We have all known individuals whose magnanimity was not…

— Arthur Helps

Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality.

— William Sloane Coffin

If there is one thing I’ve learned in my years on this planet, it’s that the happiest and most fulfilled people I’ve known are…

— John Glenn