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
Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I believe a strong NATO has been the bulwark of our defence in Europe. Obviously that's important in the UK national interest… — Theresa May Copy Share Image
We want people to come into our country, but they have to come into our country legally and properly vetted, and in… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Self-interest and mutual interest are inextricably linked. National interests can best be advanced through collective action, ... Calculate not just the human… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
For the United States, supporting international development is more than just an expression of our compassion. It is a vital investment in… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
One of the things that we have to change in this country is the idea that people can't disagree without challenging each… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Governments do not necessarily act in the national interest, especially when making detailed microeconomic interventions. Instead, they are influenced by interest group… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Another longstanding foreign policy flaw is the degree to which special interests dictate the way in which the "national interest" as a… — Samantha Power 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
The last thing I'd say is that you can achieve a lot of things in politics. You can get a lot of… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
We negotiated the construction of a gas pipeline system along the bottom of the Black Sea to Bulgaria. We signed certain treaties… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The statesman must think in terms of the national interest, conceived as power among other powers. The popular mind, unaware of the… — Hans Morgenthau Copy Share Image
We need to review the process for the election of Speaker. We've got to reform Question Time, which is really a waste… — Richard Di Natale Copy Share Image
The problem we have had on the budget all along is a lack of adult supervision on the part of the White… — Bruce Bartlett Copy Share Image
In the wars against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, as in so many later conflicts, British women seem to have been no more… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
I was standing next to a famed geo-politician when the first news of the Argentine attack [on the Faulkland Islands] was received,… — William Safire 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 corporation was originally conceived as a public institution whose purpose was to serve national interests and advance the public good. — Joel Bakan 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
Do not compromise on national security for purely budgetary reasons. The world is dangerous, and we must always be prepared for anything… — Sanford Bishop Copy Share Image
What's happening in Russia of course is you have a country watching out for its national interest. — Dana Rohrabacher Copy Share Image
Today, it is imperative to end this hysteria, to refute the rhetoric of the Cold War and to accept the obvious fact:… — Vladimir Putin 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
Legislators consistently put the political imperative before the national interest. — Doug Bandow Copy Share Image
