Self-Interest Quotes – City of Quotes

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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When men organize themselves into groups, and they make rules based on common or self-interest, it’s always tangled and political.

Andrew Dominik

When men organize themselves into groups, and they make rules based on common or self-interest, it’s always tangled and political.

Andrew Dominik

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

Hillary Clinton

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

Hillary Clinton

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Too often, complaint is not about principled objection on moral grounds, but opportunistic objection on grounds of self-interest. To rectify this, we need to work on mastering the art of complaint.

Julian Baggini

Too often, complaint is not about principled objection on moral grounds, but opportunistic objection on grounds of self-interest. To rectify this, we need to work on mastering the art of complaint.

Julian Baggini

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I actually think that self-interest is overrated as an all-purpose guide to political motive. It leaves out something at least as powerful and immovable – individual psychology.

George Packer

I actually think that self-interest is overrated as an all-purpose guide to political motive. It leaves out something at least as powerful and immovable – individual psychology.

George Packer

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I am supporting David Cameron purely out of cynical self-interest.

Boris Johnson

I am supporting David Cameron purely out of cynical self-interest.

Boris Johnson

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What most men call their conscience is imaginary virtue switching left or right according to self-interest.

Vernon Howard

What most men call their conscience is imaginary virtue switching left or right according to self-interest.

Vernon Howard

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Democracy is based upon empathy and the recognition that some decisions are solely for the community’s benefit without regard to one’s own narrow self-interest.

John Hickenlooper

Democracy is based upon empathy and the recognition that some decisions are solely for the community’s benefit without regard to one’s own narrow self-interest.

John Hickenlooper

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Even cynical, selfish people will realize, one way or the other, that it’s not in their self-interest to act in self-destructive ways.

David Grinspoon

Even cynical, selfish people will realize, one way or the other, that it’s not in their self-interest to act in self-destructive ways.

David Grinspoon

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When we forgive someone, it doesn’t excuse their actions; it frees us from our own chronic stress and suffering, so it’s in our own self-interest.

Dean Ornish

When we forgive someone, it doesn’t excuse their actions; it frees us from our own chronic stress and suffering, so it’s in our own self-interest.

Dean Ornish

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There is a basic idea to this fighting spirit: that there are standards worth devoting yourself to that are more important than your self-interest.

John Dickerson

There is a basic idea to this fighting spirit: that there are standards worth devoting yourself to that are more important than your self-interest.

John Dickerson

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We need leaders who appeal to us to think about something other than narrow self-interest but instead focus upon the greater good.

Evan Bayh

We need leaders who appeal to us to think about something other than narrow self-interest but instead focus upon the greater good.

Evan Bayh

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The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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The cost of leadership is self-interest.

Simon Sinek

The cost of leadership is self-interest.

Simon Sinek

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People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world.

John Stossel

People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world.

John Stossel

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What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.

Evan Bayh

What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.

Evan Bayh

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Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

When men organize themselves into groups, and they make rules based on common or self-interest, it’s always tangled and political.

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

Too often, complaint is not about principled objection on moral grounds, but opportunistic objection on grounds of self-interest. To rectify this, we need to work on mastering the art of complaint.

I actually think that self-interest is overrated as an all-purpose guide to political motive. It leaves out something at least as powerful and immovable – individual psychology.

I am supporting David Cameron purely out of cynical self-interest.

What most men call their conscience is imaginary virtue switching left or right according to self-interest.

Democracy is based upon empathy and the recognition that some decisions are solely for the community’s benefit without regard to one’s own narrow self-interest.

Even cynical, selfish people will realize, one way or the other, that it’s not in their self-interest to act in self-destructive ways.

When we forgive someone, it doesn’t excuse their actions; it frees us from our own chronic stress and suffering, so it’s in our own self-interest.

There is a basic idea to this fighting spirit: that there are standards worth devoting yourself to that are more important than your self-interest.

We need leaders who appeal to us to think about something other than narrow self-interest but instead focus upon the greater good.

The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

The cost of leadership is self-interest.

People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world.

What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.