#national interest

Tackling deprivation around the world is a moral imperative and firmly in Britain's national interest. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

#britain #deprivation #firmly #imperative #interest

Pakistan has made no mention of ending our tests. We have a missile program, and it is in the national interest whatever we want to do. ↗

— Ayub Khan

#interest #made #mention #missile #national

I certainly believe that improving our intelligence is of important national interest. ↗

— Jeff Sessions

#certainly #i #important #improving #intelligence

In a situation where many national leaders do the same thing and look out for national interests, and with an issue like global warming, you're likely to get no solution, so I think you have to have some kind of ethical trump on some of those issues. ↗

— Peter Singer

#get #global #global warming #i #i think

A wartime Minister of Information is compelled, in the national interest, to such continuous acts of duplicity that even his natural hair must grow to resemble a wig. ↗

— Claud Cockburn

#compelled #continuous #duplicity #even #grow

The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#both #bulwark #certain #constitution #expression

Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances. ↗

— Malcolm Wallop

#based #conscience #extremely #finally #important

We are ready to engage in international co-operation against terrorism with a view to safeguarding national interests and regional security and stability. ↗

— Li Peng

#co-operation #engage #interests #international #national

All of Britain's aid is spent in Britain's national interests, and some of it contributes to Britain's national security as well. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

#britain #contributes #interests #national #national interests

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

#bank #bottom #bottom line #confuses #end