He is led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest. — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
As I have said in the past, revealing specific targets or successes of U.S. intelligence activities is not in the public interest. — William Binney Copy Share Image
Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like a chain of hamburger stands, eludes me. — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
The battles after the wars are over can be the toughest; there's no longer the public interest that accompanies, for good and… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
No public interest is anything other or nobler than a massed accumulation of private interests. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Whenever competition is feasible it is, for all its imperfections, superior to regulation as a means of serving the public interest. — Alfred Kahn Copy Share Image
I hope that 'Jaws' will have brought sharks into the public interest at a time when we desperately need to reevaluate our… — Peter Benchley Copy Share Image
If you are given a public responsibility, you have to listen, weigh up all the issues, but ultimately you have to form… — Graeme Samuel Copy Share Image
Also, the Federal Advisory Committee should be enlarged and reorganized. Members should be chosen for the broadest possible representation of the public… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
“One must Judge Patents of Public Funded Institutions in India by their Inventive Contribution, not financial or commercial value they have generated.… — Kalyan C. Kankanala Copy Share Image
“Public interest has been subordinated to private interest, and when there is no clear distinction between them, it opens the door to… — Nancy MacLean Copy Share Image
Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of the state is for the public good; no greater crime against the… — Cardinal Richelieu Copy Share Image
Public interest criteria does not mean criteria that the public decides are in its interest. It means that the elite - via… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
The genius of the tradition as it has developed in America is the unique combination of giving and voluntary service in behalf… — Robert L. Payton Copy Share Image
I'm not deluded enough to think that everyone who knows my name is a listener. You know, I hope that part of… — John Mayer Copy Share Image
Democracy entails a correlation between the public interest as expressed by a majority of the population and the governmental policies that affect… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
That's because of everything the public interest and the media interest is focused on: What did Donald Trump know and when did… — Angus King Copy Share Image
On two subjects the overwhelming majority of people regarded their own opinions as Absolute Truth, and sincerely believed that anyone who disagreed… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time - [...] when awesome technological powers are in the… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
If the Federal Reserve pursues a policy which Congress or the President believes not to be in the public interest, there is… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
Now listen to the first three aims of the corporatist movement in Germany, Italy and France during the 1920s. These were developed… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
I am convinced that of all the people on the two sides of the great curtain, the space pilots are the least… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
“Arthur Church, who as I say took local journalism very seriously, wrote an eloquent defence of reporting even the nasty things. The… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Judicial Watch will continue its various independent lawsuits and investigations, on behalf of the public interest, into the Clinton Foundation and the… — Tom Fitton Copy Share Image
My whole model, from the beginning, was not to personally publish a single document. I provided these documents to journalists because I… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Silence is not an effective political strategy, and what we do if we silence the public interest, which is so hard to… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
New York City must divest the hundreds of millions of dollars we have invested in Walmart for far too long, dollars that… — Letitia James Copy Share Image
“A foreign enemy out to destroy America could not have devised a more effective and insidious plot. How ironic that this was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I developed an interest in supporting independent journalists in a way that leverages their work to the greatest extent possible, all in… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
As the contest proceeded, public interest increased and the entire country watched to see which company would win the big government subsidies… — John Moody Copy Share Image
It is in the public interest to know what our governors are up to. If they are up to doing good, then… — Jimmy Reid Copy Share Image
I just want people to know that whatever decisions are made on any issue, I'll make them according to what I believe… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
The President can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power in the Federal… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
What is supposed to happen in a democracy is that each sovereign citizen will always vote in the public interest for the… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
A majority of Americans support Social Security and Medicare, a progressive tax system and a government that regulates business in the public… — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
Bad as "independence" is, the main fault of the Federal Reserve System - an admirable system if conducted in the public interest… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
“The bottom line is that our government is not intelligent about how it pursues the public interest, because its decisions are not… — Robert David Steele Copy Share Image
As a journalist, I think the only question that you ask yourself - once you've determined that the material is authentic -… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Philanthropic leaders genially speak of complementing government, not competing with it as if monopoly were good and competition destructive-thus unwittingly conspiring against… — Richard Cornuelle Copy Share Image
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