War Quote by Ayn Rand

Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that 'the public interest'…

— Ayn Rand

“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

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

— Newton N. Minow

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

— Mark Twain

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

“The public good must come before private interests.”

— Bryant McGill

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

— Ambrose Bierce

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

— James Q. Wilson

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

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

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

How can there ever possibly be a conflict between my private interests and the public good?

— Ashleigh Brilliant