#rests

The precise point at which a tax deduction becomes a 'loophole' or a tax incentive becomes a 'subsidy for special interests' is one of the great mysteries of politics. ↗

— John Sununu

#deduction #great #incentive #interests #loophole

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#against #doing #his #interests #keep

It doesn't serve an American interest. It really doesn't really serve Israeli interests - it serves the interests of the political party that's getting the votes of the settlers on the West Bank. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#bank #getting #interest #interests #israeli

For scholarship - if it is to be scholarship - requires, in addition to liberty, that the truth take precedence over all sectarian interests, including self-interest. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#including #interests #liberty #over #precedence

We must have a foreign policy which is based only on the long-term interests of our race, not on the interest of other races or on economic considerations or anything else. ↗

— George Lincoln Rockwell

#based #considerations #economic #else #foreign

Men of authority have employed all the destructive agents around them to promote their own personal interests at the sacrifice of every just, honorable, and lawful consideration. ↗

— John White Geary

#around #authority #consideration #destructive #employed

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased. ↗

— Katharine Hepburn

#interests #least #person #pleased #you

Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive. ↗

— James Anthony Froude

#belief #calmness #experiment #meet #opponent

If you are a leader or someone who works for the interest of a community, first make sure that you understand the interest of the people who make up that community. In this way, you will have a good chance of minimizing, perhaps, avoiding the us versus them mentality. ↗

— Duop Chak Wuol

#game-theory #interests #leadership #political-philosophy #leadership

It's the job of a special advisor to be the eyes and ears of a minister and it's the job of a corporate lobbyist to represent the best interests of their organization. ↗

— Thomas Watson, Jr.

#best #best interests #corporate #ears #eyes