Vested Quotes

120 Vested quotes by 107 unique authors

Money cannot be applied to the *general welfare*, otherwise than by an application of it to some *particular* measure conducive to the general welfare. Whenever,… — James Madison
Ideas may be superior to vested interest. They are also very often the children of vested interest. — John Kenneth Galbraith
I see no other conceivable strategy for the achievement of liberty than political action. Religious or philosophical conversion of each man and woman is simply… — Murray Rothbard
Lightly tripping o'er the land, Deftly skimming o'er the main, Scarce our fairy wings bedewing With the frothy mantling brine, Scarce our silver feet acquainting… — Hartley Coleridge
People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few… — Brian Eno
Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created… — Garrett Hardin
If anyone has a vested interest in space solar power, it would have to be me. — Elon Musk
Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders… — Ralph Nader
Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist. — Richard M. Nixon
Every time you cut programs, you take away a person who has a vested interest in high taxes and you put him on the tax… — Grover Norquist
Capitalism inevitably and by virtue of the very logic of its civilization creates, educates and subsidizes a vested interest in social unrest. — Joseph A. Schumpeter
Authoritarian political ideologies have a vested interest in promoting fear, a sense of the imminence of takeover by aliens and real diseases are useful material. — Susan Sontag
Why should I tell you where I am going to get funds from? If I were to do that then all the vested interests would… — Lalu Prasad Yadav
The optimist underestimates how difficult it is to achieve real change, believing that anything is possible and it's possible now. Only by confronting head-on the… — Julian Baggini
By virtue of the way it has organized its technological base, contemporary industrial society tends to be totalitarian. For "totalitarian" is not only a terroristic… — Herbert Marcuse
Comedy is deemed inferior to tragedy primarily because of the social prevalence of narcissistic pathology. In other words people who are too self important to… — Tom Robbins
I once heard someone say morality was method. Do you hold with that? I suppose you wouldn't. You would say that morality was vested in… — John le Carre
A comfort zone can be a mental state:Belief in God is a lot of peoples's comfort zone. Dont get me wrong, I'm not knocking faith;… — Karen Marie Moning
If you took the most ardent revolutionary, vested him in absolute power, within a year he would be worse than the Tsar himself. — Mikhail Bakunin
Experience has taught me that advertisers get the best results when they pay their agency a flat fee. It is unrealistic to expect your agency… — David Ogilvy
A world of vested interests is not a world which welcomes the disruptive force of candor. — Agnes Repplier
The United Nations exists not merely to preserve the peace but also to make change - even radical change - possible without violent upheaval. The… — Ralph Bunche
Climate change should not fundamentally be seen as a political or partisan issue, but it has been turned into a political football primarily by the… — James Balog
There are people with vested interest who do not want us to reform our energy sector so that we remain dependent on imports. All reform… — Veerappa Moily
The whole debate on what food is best for us is complex, ongoing and often controlled by vested interests. — Jasper Carrott

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