“I am easy-going right up to the borders of my self-interest.” — Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Sixth Selection (1989)
Tag: self-interest
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“The peculiar office of a demagogue is to advance his own interests, by affecting a deep devotion to the interests of the people.” — James Fenimore Cooper, The American Democrat
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“Each man does seek his own interest, but, unfortunately, not according to the dictates of reason.” — Kenneth Waltz, Man, the State, and War
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“Of pride and interest, pride is the greater liar.” — Edward Owings Towne, Aphorisms of the Three Threes
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“In the business world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes, governed by self interest.” — Harold Geneen, Managing