Competition Quote by Ashleigh Brilliant

So there's always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common - and…

— Neil Abercrombie

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

— Ambrose Bierce

“Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, any claimed or implied conflict of…

— Ayn Rand

There are many special interests skilful at manipulating circumstances and communications in such a way as to benefit their own ends and not necessarily…

— Randal Marlin

Conflicts of interest' arise when you're not - when you're sneaky about it, when you're shady about it, when you're not transparent about it.…

— Sean Spicer

The public good is promoted best by people pursuing their own private interests. This bothers some people because they're more concerned with motives than…

— Walter E. Williams

If I, taking care of everyone's interests, also take care of my own, you can't talk about a conflict of interest.

— Silvio Berlusconi

In the long run, the public interest depends on private virtue.

— James Q. Wilson

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.

— William Blackstone

No public interest is anything other or nobler than a massed accumulation of private interests.

— Mark Twain

“Public interest has been subordinated to private interest, and when there is no clear distinction between them, it opens the door to endless opportunities…

— Nancy MacLean

The most difficult thing is to recognize that sometimes we too are blinded by our own incentives. Because we don’t see how our conflicts…

— Dan Ariely