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title: "17 Private Interests Quotes by 17 authors"
description: "Browse 17 Private Interests quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Private Interests sayings and thoughts."
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> [How can there ever possibly be a conflict between my private interests and the public good?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashleigh-brilliant/how-can-there-ever-possibly-be-a-conflict-between-my-private/)

[Ashleigh Brilliant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashleigh-brilliant/)

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> [It's not controversial to say that private donors come with private interests.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslyn-lewis/it-s-not-controversial-to-say-that-private-donors-come-with-private/)

[Leslyn Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslyn-lewis/)

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> [No public interest is anything other or nobler than a massed accumulation of private interests.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/no-public-interest-is-anything-other-or-nobler-than-a-massed/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [“The public good must come before private interests.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-mcgill/the-public-good-must-come-before-private-interests/)

[Bryant McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-mcgill/)

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> [Land began to be seen as something to be owned privately and exploited for private interests, and never was entirely reconciled with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-abercrombie/land-began-to-be-seen-as-something-to-be-owned-privately-and/)

[Neil Abercrombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-abercrombie/)

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> [When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/when-liberty-is-mentioned-we-must-always-be-careful-to-observe/)

[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/)

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> [Anybody who cares about the functioning of democracy should be concerned about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-stille/anybody-who-cares-about-the-functioning-of-democracy-should-be/)

[Alexander Stille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-stille/)

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> [The public good is promoted best by people pursuing their own private interests. This bothers some people because they're more concerned with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/the-public-good-is-promoted-best-by-people-pursuing-their-own-private/)

[Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/)

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> [I'm still going to do television. I'm just not going to do morning television. I would like to do some things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-gumbel/i-m-still-going-to-do-television-i-m-just-not-going-to-do-morning/)

[Bryant Gumbel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-gumbel/)

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> [Our entire political system is financed by wealthy private interests buying politicians and making sure the rules are written in their favor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-alexander/our-entire-political-system-is-financed-by-wealthy-private-interests/)

[Michelle Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-alexander/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b9/michelle-alexander-750_buying_our-entire-political-system-is-financed_1354511.png)

> [I have a cause higher and nobler than my own, a cause to which all private interests and concerns must be subordinated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-khaled/i-have-a-cause-higher-and-nobler-than-my-own-a-cause-to-which-all/)

[Leila Khaled](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-khaled/)

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> [The prison industrial complex is perhaps, at least domestically, the most striking example of us putting profit before people. It all stems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-jarecki/the-prison-industrial-complex-is-perhaps-at-least-domestically-the/)

[Eugene Jarecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-jarecki/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/eugene-jarecki-16452_basic_the-prison-industrial-complex-is-perhaps_865949.jpg)

> [If the Government gets into business on any large scale, we soon find that the beneficiaries attempt to play a large part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/if-the-government-gets-into-business-on-any-large-scale-we-soon-find/)

[Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-coolidge/)

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> [“Though those different plans were, perhaps, first introduced by the private interests and prejudices of particular orders of men, without any regard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-smith/though-those-different-plans-were-perhaps-first-introduced-by-the/)

[Adam Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-smith/)

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> [Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that 'the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/since-there-is-no-such-entity-as-the-public-since-the-public-is/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/ayn-rand-59_entity_since-there-is-no-such-entity-as-the-pub_1160522.jpg)

> [I don't use my money to gain political influence for my private interests, which is what many rich people do, and what,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-soros/i-don-t-use-my-money-to-gain-political-influence-for-my-private/)

[George Soros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-soros/)

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> [Each pursues his private interest and only his private interest; and thereby serves the private interests of all, the general interest, without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-marx/each-pursues-his-private-interest-and-only-his-private-interest-and/)

[Karl Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-marx/)

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