#national interests

We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common interests of humanity. ↗

— George Soros

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So, the point I'm making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it's the job of every congressman and senator is to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#congressman #cut #every #getting #going

Talk about national interests: When we went in with Operation Iraqi Freedom, some of our allies, Turkey, for example, would not let us through. How much trouble did that cause us, because we were not able to go into Iraq through Turkey? ↗

— Roger Wicker

#about #allies #because #cause #did

I think that all countries that participate in multilateral institutions see the institutions as a way of advancing what they view as their national interests and they see in many cases multi-lateral institution as the best way to do that. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

#best #best way #cases #countries #i

Pakistan has not recognized Israel... any such decision would be taken in supreme national interests after due consultation of the parliament. ↗

— Shaukat Aziz

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