General Interest Quotes

16 quotes by 15 authors

It has also been a great solace to me, to believe that you are engaged in vindicating to posterity the course we have pursued for… — Thomas Jefferson
War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings...but no one has for those reasons yet sought to celebrate earthquakes and… — Ludwig von Mises
Those laws, being forged for universal application, are in perpetual conflict with personal interest, just as personal interest is always in contradiction with the general… — Marquis de Sade
I hope we're all kind of influencing each other now to keep the quality up on those things. They seem to be getting better and… — Jay Roach
To be governed is, under pretext of public utility and in the name of the general interest, to be laid under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited,… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
The essayist is a self-liberated man, sustained by the childish belief that everything he thinks about, everything that happens to him, is of general interest. — Elwyn Brooks White
Social networking technology didn't really exist until 2004-2005. I had the idea to use this technology to bridge this gap between a general interest in… — Ben Rattray
Have I done something for the general interest? Well then I have had my reward. Let this always be present to thy mind, and never… — Marcus Aurelius
Each pursues his private interest and only his private interest; and thereby serves the private interests of all, the general interest, without willing it or… — Karl Marx
The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action. — Denis Diderot
My worry about the New York Times is that it's got the only position as a national elitist general-interest paper. So the network news picks… — Rupert Murdoch
And maybe it would have bitten you in half," said Will. "What you are describing, the transformation into a demon, is the last stage of… — Cassandra Clare
Women in general interest me. I like how women are more liable to talk about real things, personal things. — Chuck Close
Washington is designed not to solve problems. Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and… — E L Doctorow
Sincere and generous collaboration is the best way to fulfil the legitimate aspirations of each person and achieve great collective goals for the common good… — King Felipe VI
Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel… — E L Doctorow

Who Wrote These General Interest Quotes

15 authors contributed a total of 16 General Interest Quotes as follows: