Politics Quote by Milton Friedman

Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest?

— Milton Friedman

“Similarly, those who have been weaned off the self-aggrandizing attractions of political power are those who can then best be entrusted with it.”

— R.W.L. Moberly

“But to say self-interest is all that exists, or that it should be given free rein! My Lord. Believe that and nothing matters but…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

“We can have no sympathy with those who seek the power of government to advance their own personal interests or ambitions.”

— Woodrow Wilson

“When there is greed within; a person shall fall into societal influence.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“As for the politicians, like everyone else in America, they were motivated by money, not ideals.”

— Charles Dickens

“In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith argued that self-interest can solve this problem. Given a free economy and an impartial rule of law,…

— Roger Scruton

“Society in itself is no great harm, but unsatisfied social aspirations are a bad and ugly business. We must certainly accept, and we will.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“As is the way in political matters, all were convinced that the interests of the community and their own personal interests were one and…

— Anonymous

“Politics and self-interest should never stand in the way of finding the truth.”

— Charles F. Glassman

“This is about a very few very rich, very greedy individuals getting ever richer, at the expense of human misery and suffering throughout the…

— Joseph Befumo

“When a nation was faced with a choice between abstract principle or complete self-interest, it took self-interest every time.”

— Jack L. Chalker