Quotes About Interests

It is clear that whatever language of democracy [Barack] Obama and his administration use is very tactically deployed, and has as its main aim the extension of US power and interests.

It is clear that whatever language of democracy Obama and his administration use is very tactically deployed, and has as its main aim the extension of US power and interests.

People like Elizabeth Dole have given too much power to the special interests.

States are violent to the extent that they have the power to act in the interests of those with domestic power

The 'anti-globalisation movement' is the most significant proponent of globalisation - but in the interests of people, not concentrations of state-private power.

A good education instills in you the intuitive comprehension - it becomes unconscious and reflexive - that you just don't think certain things, things that are threatening to power interests.

Thatcher set ordinary people free, but into a landscape that her other policies had already shaped to suit other, more powerful interests, such as large corporations or Britons with inherited wealth.

The young doctor should look about early for an avocation, a pastime, that will take him away from patients, pills, and potions.

Cualquier colombiano lo sabe: aquí nada sirve a un propósito público. Aquí sólo existen intereses particulares. El colombiano sólo concibe las relaciones personales, sólo concibe su reducido interés personal o familiar, y a ese único fin subordina toda su actividad pública y privada.

The messy truth turns out to be that the innovative culture that blossomed in eighteenth-century Britain depended both on individuals looking out for their own interests, and on recognizing a national interest in innovation.

the special interests are almost everybody. Everybody perceives they stand to lose if the economy is allowed to evolve. They are right if their special-interest favoritism is the only favoritism that is fixed. The result...is that nobody is giving up their favoritism. In these circumstances everybody loses...

I would argue yes. In fact, I would question the inverse. Can men of privilege...who do not feel the impact of policies on forests, children or their ability to breastfeed children...actually have the compassion to make policy that is reflection of the interests of others. At this point, I think not.

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

No one set of interests can safely be suffered to dominate the country.

When the interests of mankind are at stake, they will obey with joy the man whom they believe to be wiser than themselves.

Together, the two began the kind of conversation that flows seamlessly, unstoppably, each fork begetting another branch of common interest, a conversation that continues until this day.

we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States... If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.

No man will work for your interests unless they are his.

Finally, often as we relax or "tune out" other distractions, sometime after "retirement" for example, some previously hidden, latent interests, talents or abilities quite suddenly, and surprisingly, emerge. Sometimes that emergence is actually a re-kindling of some earlier childhood abilities, such as art, for whatever reason set aside with maturation and "growing up.

Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens.

My interests are varied. They include natural history, lady detectives, and good hygiene," I said with a significant lift of the brows towards his feet. "What in seven hells does that mean?" he demanded. "It means that if you come to bed smelling like something from a barnyard again, I will scrub you myself with rose soap and a firm hand," I threatened.

Only Lady Cordelia's life was continually upended by his demands. It would never have occurred to him that she might have interests of her own to pursue.

What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within the span of his little life by him who interests his heart in everything.

It is a luxury to put our interests first. It is an honor to put the interests of others before our own.