Interest Quotes

5175 Interest quotes by 3335 unique authors

The tendency of a national bank is to increase public and private credit. The former gives power to the state, for the protection of its… — Alexander Hamilton
It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation . . . . Our interest will be to throw open… — Thomas Jefferson
There are still to be found , or designing men, who stand ready to advocate the paradox of perpetual peace between the states, though dismembered… — Alexander Hamilton
We have the self-evident right to regulate our trade according to our own will and our own interest . . . . This right can… — James Madison
The inducements of interest for observing [neutral] conduct . . . has been to endeavour to gain time to our country to settle and mature… — George Washington
This policy of supplying by opposite and rival interests, the defect of better motives, might be traced through the whole system of human affairs, both… — James Madison
Our conflict is not likely to cease so soon as every good man would wish. The measure of iniquity is not yet filled; and unless… — George Washington
The great desideratum in Government is, so to modify the sovereignty as that it may be sufficiently neutral between different parts of the Society to… — James Madison
A government, the constitution of which renders it unfit to be trusted with all the powers which a free people ought to delegate to any… — Alexander Hamilton
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
The smaller the society, the fewer probably will be the distinct parties and interests composing it; the fewer the distinct parties and interests, the more… — James Madison
Extend the sphere and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole… — James Madison
We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable… — Thomas Jefferson
My policy has been, and will continue to be, while I have the honor to remain in the administration of the government, to be upon… — George Washington
[A] spirit of justice and friendly accomodation...is our duty and our interest to cultivate with all nations. — Thomas Jefferson
The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its… — George Washington
Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one… — George Washington
By a steady adherence to the Union we may hope, erelong, to become the arbiter of Europe in America, and to be able to incline… — Alexander Hamilton
But the mild voice of reason, pleading the cause of an enlarged and permanent interest, is but too often drowned, before public bodies as well… — James Madison
If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when… — George Washington
In reviewing the history of the English Government, its wars and its taxes, a bystander, not blinded by prejudice nor warped by interest, would declare… — Thomas Paine
... the United States, for generations, has sustained two parallel but opposed states of mind about military atrocities and human rights: one of U.S. benevolence,… — Unknown Author
If a country develops an economic system that is based on how to pay for the war, and if the amounts of fixed capital investment… — Unknown Author
War seems to me to be a mean, contemptible thing: I would rather be hacked in pieces than take part in such an abominable business.… — Albert Einstein
Generally, or at least very often, people with a deep interest in animals are the best people around. — Roger Caras

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