#interests

When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them, which we refused. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#differed #good #interests #matched #mold

The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present. ↗

— Ernest Dimnet

#history #illuminates #interests #only #past

The bottom line is these techniques have hurt our image around the world, the damage they have done to our interests far outweighed whatever benefit they gave us and they are not essential to our national security. ↗

— Dennis C. Blair

#benefit #bottom #bottom line #damage #done

Iraq is the central battleground in the war on terror. The terrorists certainly know what is at stake, which is why they are pulling out all the stops to derail our efforts there. They know that a free and democratic Iraq is a serious blow to their interests. ↗

— Elizabeth Dole

#blow #central #certainly #democratic #democratic iraq

I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana. ↗

— Phil Donahue

#corporate #corporate interests #creating #i #i think

What we have to do is to find a solution that the interests of the national teams are respecting the interests of the clubs. And also the clubs they shall respect the interests and the aspirations of national teams. ↗

— Sepp Blatter

#aspirations #clubs #find #interests #national

Developed countries should support developing countries in tackling climate change. This not only is their responsibility, but also serves their long-term interests. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#change #climate #climate change #countries #developed

That's the conundrum of cartoon stripping, as opposed to political cartoons. When your anger is the driving force of your drawing hand, failure follows. The anger is OK, but it has to serve the interests of the heart, frankly. ↗

— Berkeley Breathed

#cartoon #cartoons #drawing #driving #driving force

A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests. ↗

— Aristide Briand

#battle #because #conservation #country #field

The first and most important is to emphasize the enduring nature of the alliance relationship particularly with Europe which does share our values and interests even if it disagrees with us on specific policies. ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

#disagrees #does #emphasize #enduring #europe