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Interests Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
- Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have,…
- PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of…
- Every patriot believes his country better than any other country . . . In its active manifestation-it is fond of killing-patriotism would be well enough…
- Inexpedient: Not calculated to advance one's interests.
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- The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where… — Henry Adams
- Organized labor, if they're doing a responsible job, is going to organize the pooling of small amounts of money to protect the… — Warren Beatty
- An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare… — Felix Adler
- Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. — Ambrose Bierce
- Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought… — Ambrose Bierce
- Mr. President, the buzz saw that your healthcare bill ran into wasn't lobbyists and special interests it was tens of millions of… — John Boehner
- Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests. — John Bolton
- There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical… — John Bolton