Interest Quote by Woodrow Wilson

What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest.

— Kofi Annan

Self-interest and mutual interest are inextricably linked. National interests can best be advanced through collective action, ... Calculate not just the human misery of…

— Tony Blair

Common interest may always be reckoned upon as the surest bond of sympathy.

— Alexander Hamilton

But the truth is, countries have to do what is best in each instance to pursue both their interest and their values.

— William J. Clinton

The national interest is predetermined by geopolitics or the history of a country. Important political leaders never just followed their interests - they were…

— Joseph Nye

I think it is natural that every country has to take care of its interests, but there are some interests that are common to…

— George Soros

Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest.

— Hillary Clinton

There is no self-interest completely unrelated to others' interests. Due to the fundamental interconnectedness which lies at the heart of reality, your interest is…

— Dalai Lama

What a country calls its vital... interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war.

— Simone Weil

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together.

— H. L. Mencken

Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy.

— Edwidge Danticat

We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world - but we do so with the understanding that it is the…

— Donald Trump