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Self-Interest Quotes (page 3)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee quote: "We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened..."
We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue. Intense competition drives people to go more and more into self-interest. Even to see other folks as competition. Major Owens
If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest and express their future political status aspirations accordingly. Dick Thornburgh
The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment. William Sloane Coffin, Jr.
Hillary Clinton quote: "Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of..."
Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest. Hillary Clinton
By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values, new institutions and new visions of an America beyond traditional racial categories and racial oppression. Manning Marable
We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of Russia to continue on the reform path. Warren Christopher
I am not going to make any commitments to the teachers union to do anything until they do something that's other than in their own self- interest. And everything they have done so far is in their self-interests, and that's it. Chris Christie
James F. Byrnes quote: "Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and..."
Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life. James F. Byrnes
For the state by its nature claims sovereignty, the right to an unlimited development of power, determined only by self-interest. It is by nature anarchistic. Christian Lous Lange
Unfortunately, the media, which are not at all reluctant to act in their own self-interest, have succeeded in equating reform in the public mind with further restrictions on just about everyone else's freedom of political speech. James L. Buckley
I was induced to establish several orders of merit, from conviction that emulation, well directed, becomes a useful servant; and, that the latent genius of some youth is more easily brought into action this way, than by the more sordid gratification of self-interest. Joseph Lancaster
Mitt Romney's only bottom line is the one at the end of his own bank statement. The problem is that he confuses his own narrow, self-interest - and that of people like him - with the national interest. He thinks as long as we do right by the Mitt Romneys of the world, America will be just fine. Charles Schumer
It's not a choice between war and peace. It's a choice between war and endless war. It's not appeasement. I think it's better even to call it American self-interest. Michael Scheuer
Prejudice and passion and suspicion are more dangerous than the incitement of self-interest or the most stubborn adherence to real differences of opinion regarding rights. Elihu Root

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