Corruption Quote by Nancy MacLean

No public interest is anything other or nobler than a massed accumulation of private interests.

— Mark Twain

In the long run, the public interest depends on private virtue.

— James Q. Wilson

“Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, any claimed or implied conflict of…

— Ayn Rand

“The public good must come before private interests.”

— Bryant McGill

What do we mean by the public interest? Some say the public interest is merely what interests the public. I disagree.

— Newton N. Minow

Public Interest is a term used by every politician to support his ideas.

— W. M. Kiplinger

Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that 'the public interest'…

— Ayn Rand

“The bottom line is that our government is not intelligent about how it pursues the public interest, because its decisions are not informed decisions…

— Robert David Steele

Defining of the public interest is always very, very difficult.

— Keir Starmer

So there's always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common - and…

— Neil Abercrombie

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

— Ambrose Bierce

The trouble is that privacy is at once essential to, and in tension with, both freedom and security. A cabinet minister who keeps his…

— Timothy Garton Ash