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- There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mainspring of all of our actions, and secondly,… — Charles Caleb Colton
- This movement among the Jews is not new... this worldwide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilization and for the reconstitution of society… — Winston Churchill
- We cannot doubt that self-interest is the mainspring of human nature. It must be clearly understood that this word is used here… — Frederic Bastiat
- This extraordinary metal, the soul of every manufacture, and the mainspring perhaps of civilised society. Of iron. — Samuel Smiles
- If it had not been for the discontent of a few fellows who had not been satisfied with their conditions, you would… — Eugene V. Debs
- The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is a mainspring of human activity… — Ernest Becker
- The mainspring of creativity appears to be the same tendency which we discover so deeply as the curative force in psychotherapy, man's… — Carl Rogers
- Challenge is the core and the mainspring of all human activity. If there's an ocean, we cross it; if there's a disease,… — James Ramsey Ullman
- God spare me sclerosis of the curiosity, for the curiosity which craves to keep us informed about the small things no less… — John Mason Brown
- Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter. — Max Beerbohm
- Hope is the mainspring of life. — Henry L. Stimson
- Honor begets honor; trust begets trust; faith begets faith; and hope is the mainspring of life. — Henry L. Stimson