Benefits Quote by Randal Marlin

The public good is promoted best by people pursuing their own private interests. This bothers some people because they're more concerned with motives than…

— Walter E. Williams

One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.

— Rowan Williams

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

— Ambrose Bierce

The interest of the people lies in being able to join organizations, advocate causes, and make political "mistakes" without being subjected to governmental penalties.

— Hugo Black

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

“If the journalist is secretly the tool of some invisible public relations machine or vested commercial interest it is the public whose interest is…

— Ian Hargreaves

Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good.

— William H. Prescott

The vested interests-if we explain the situation by their influence-can only get the public to act as they wish by manipulating public opinion, by…

— Norman Angell

How can there ever possibly be a conflict between my private interests and the public good?

— Ashleigh Brilliant

Money is a public good; as such, it lends itself to private exploitation.

— Charles P. Kindleberger

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

By pursuing his own interest (the individual) frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it. I…

— Adam Smith