Governments do have the duty to protect national interest. But we should not be afraid of foreign funding of Indian CSOs, unless… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
When it's well managed, migration works in the national interest, for our communities, economy and country. — Priti Patel Copy Share Image
I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
The purpose of privilege is not to place parliamentarians above the law, but rather to allow them to carry out their duties… — John Allen Fraser Copy Share Image
The national interest is the priority. If not, what's the point in continuing to give money to the E.U.? — Matteo Salvini Copy Share Image
Millions of people in Britain are looking to their MPs to step up, put traditional party allegiances aside and work together in… — Heidi Allen Copy Share Image
when my office would require me to either violate my conscience or violate the national interest, then I would resign the office;… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
A desire to see significant reform and change is perfectly compatible with our belief that membership of the E.U. is in our… — David Lidington Copy Share Image
Real government is about looking beyond the vested to the national interest, setting up the necessary conditions to enable the next, more… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had opposed the Jet-Etihad FDI arrangement on the ground of the disproportionate share of airspace given to Etihad, which is against… — Subramanian Swamy Copy Share Image
According to data provided by the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, and the national interest, between 9/11 and the end of 2014, at… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
If Britain pursues a more independent foreign policy, it might be possible then. And if it is guided by commitments to its… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I think what we need to do is understand our number one obligation is to act in the national interest of the… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Britain rightly sees herself as a global good citizen, but she must reconcile ambition with power, ends with means - shedding utopian… — Dominic Raab Copy Share Image
The U.S. should never get involved where we have no clear national interest. We should not intervene militarily in a country like… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Idealism that makes no distinction between areas where our national interest lies and those from which it is remote does no good… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
“The pretense continued over the generations, helped by all-embracing symbols, physical or verbal: the flag, patriotism, democracy, national interest, national defense, national… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“In the words of John Fonte, “The new, transformed civic morality of the progressive narrative . . . divides Americans between dominant or ‘oppressor’ groups—whites,… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
We are a party which believes that we work in the national interest, not just to please my opposition. — Nirmala Sitharaman Copy Share Image
Pakistan has made no mention of ending our tests. We have a missile program, and it is in the national interest whatever… — Ayub Khan Copy Share Image
Germany has to put the broader European interest on the same level as its own national interest, or the euro is toast. — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
It is in our vital national interest to ensure that when nations have a choice between China or America, they choose 'America… — John E. James Copy Share Image
I don't believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans aren't… — Margaret Chase Smith Copy Share Image
When national policy becomes hostage to regional interests, the federal government becomes paralysed and would be unable to act in the larger… — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest. — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
In some cases, in order to protect global issues some sacrifice for national interest is worth it in the long run. Global… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma,” but few go on to complete the sentence, which ends “but… — Tim Marshall Copy Share Image
The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm confident that America's foreign policy rebalance to the region will endure beyond my presidency because it's in the national interest of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Tackling deprivation around the world is a moral imperative and firmly in Britain's national interest. — Andrew Mitchell Copy Share Image
The limitations imposed by democratic political practices makes it difficult to conduct our foreign affairs in the national interest. — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
“Monopolizing the right to speak authoritatively about “security” in name of everyone—the ability to evoke the “national interest” or a universal “we”—is… — Gearoid Otuathail Copy Share Image
I'm not against free trade but I'm against free trade deals that are negotiated badly, that actually compromise jobs, manufacturing jobs, compromise… — Nick Xenophon Copy Share Image
A president is supposed to calm the American people with sober decision-making in the national interest. — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
My fundamental interests are to preserve the good name and standing of this Australian Labor Party and to act in the national… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
A wartime Minister of Information is compelled, in the national interest, to such continuous acts of duplicity that even his natural hair… — Claud Cockburn Copy Share Image
If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the impatience of one who thinks he actually… — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
David Cameron should be focusing on what is in Britain's national interest and our place in the world, not on internal party… — Liz Kendall Copy Share Image
Republican voters believe we should have a lawful system of immigration that serves the national interest. They don't believe we should enter… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
For the past 15 years or so, British governments have tried to persuade the rest of us that the best judges of… — Neal Ascherson Copy Share Image
