Interests Quotes

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Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing of these; and, except a keen eye and appetite for… — Thomas Carlyle
Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic… — C. Wright Mills
It is in everybody's interest to seek those [actions] that lead to happiness and avoid those which lead to suffering. And because our interests are… — Dalai Lama
What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape: it is the human figure. — Henri Matisse
I had all the normal interests - I played basketball and I headed the school paper. But I also developed very early a great love… — Carlisle Floyd
Business is really more agreeable than pleasure; it interests the whole mind, the aggregate nature of man more continuously, and more deeply. But it does… — Walter Bagehot
I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests… — Nolan Ryan
I stand before you today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency of the United States. I am not the candidate of… — Shirley Chisholm
The United States of America does not have friends; it has interests. — John Foster Dulles
The U.S. has no friends, only interests. — John Foster Dulles
Representative government has broken down. Our politicians represent not the people who vote for them but the commercial interests who finance their election campaigns. We… — Edward Abbey
Treat all economic questions from the viewpoint of the consumer, for the interests of the consumer are the interests of the human race. — Frederic Bastiat
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence… — Mercy Otis Warren
The only constitutional exception to the power of making treaties is, that it shall not change the Constitution.… On natural principles, a treaty, which should… — Alexander Hamilton
Now, mark my words. So long as we are a young and virtuous people, this instument will bind us together in mutual interests, mutual welfare,… — Alexander Hamilton
Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early… — Thomas Paine
To be honest, producing records interests me less at the moment and I really don't want to get involved in album projects that are going… — Phil Collins
They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put them out. My… — John Hume
The constitution ought to secure a genuine militia and guard against a select militia. ...All regulations tending to render this general militia useless and defenseless,… — Richard Henry Lee
Why should the railroad employees be parceled out among a score of different organizations? They are all employed in the same service. Their interests are… — Eugene V. Debs
France has no friends, only interests. — Charles de Gaulle
To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt… — John Stuart Mill
You vote yourselves salaries out of the public funds and care only for your own personal interests; hence the state limps along. — Aristophanes
So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by… — John F. Kennedy
My country's history, Mr. President, tells us that it is possible to fashion unity while cherishing diversity, that common action is possible despite the variety… — Henry A. Kissinger

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