Entity Quote by Ayn Rand

What do we mean by the public interest? Some say the public interest is merely what interests the public. I disagree.

— Newton N. Minow

“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

Public interest criteria does not mean criteria that the public decides are in its interest. It means that the elite - via various appointed…

— Mark Steyn

Public Interest is a term used by every politician to support his ideas.

— W. M. Kiplinger

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

Defining of the public interest is always very, very difficult.

— Keir Starmer

Legally speaking, there are no such things as 'public rights,' as distinguished from individual rights. Legally speaking, there is no such creature or thing…

— Lysander Spooner

The trouble is that privacy is at once essential to, and in tension with, both freedom and security. A cabinet minister who keeps his…

— Timothy Garton Ash

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

— James Q. Wilson

People who intend only to serve public interest are led by invisible hand to private interest which was no part of their intention.

— Milton Friedman

To serve the public interest is not the same as being a servant of public opinion.

— Sidney Hook