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We really believe our national interests are identical with European interests. -- Gerhard Schroder
The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests. -- Breyten Breytenbach
How can a country that is impoverished, humiliated and beaten defend its national interests? -- Ivica Dacic
Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States. -- John Bolton
Accepting money from the federal government to conduct research places academic inquiry in the service of national interests. -- Jill Lepore
I simply cannot see how denying chemotherapy treatment for Palestinian children increases Israel's security or advances U.S. national interests. -- Lois Capps
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
Pakistan has not recognized Israel... any such decision would be taken in supreme national interests after due consultation of the parliament. -- Shaukat Aziz
If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests. -- Abdallah II of Jordan
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
Investing in women's lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human rights, in future generations - and consequently in our own long-term national interests. -- Liya Kebede
When the commander-in-chief sends Americans to fight and die, it should be only to protect our vital national interests, not for his own personal, political gain. -- Kathleen Troia McFarland
Going to war is a serious matter. And it should be done very carefully and deliberately with clear national interests at stake before the United States or our Commander-in-Chief acts. -- Joe Pitts
I remain committed to a balanced policy, which will protect our national interests both on our eastern border - I mean with Russia - and of course with the European Union. -- Viktor Yanukovych
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
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
Well, Australians should speak for the national interests of Australia, and whatever role former Australian prime ministers may have, one of the things you do is speak frankly about the country as you see the country's best interests, you know? -- Paul Keating
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
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
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
For a long time, it was believed that war was waged by armies which could not be identified with the nation itself. Professional soldiers took upon themselves the job of defending national interests, and it was understood that the war affected only them; the country itself went on living and working. -- Ferdinand Buisson
The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind. -- Madeleine Albright
I think that the president of Iran has the authority wherever which - where - wherever the national interests of the country are involved and, when it is necessary and expedient and required to speak and talk with others in order to promote the rights of its nation, that the president can take that initiative. -- Hassan Rouhani
National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry. -- Edward Sapir
In the United States national security interests to have a working relationship with Russia. -- Katrina vanden Heuvel
We pay a price when special interests win out over the collective national interest. -- Chris Christie
Diplomacy has been exhausted .. Continued instability in the Balkans threatens important U.S. national interests,. -- Tom Daschle
For some reason, our media are fascinated by stories that appear to harm American National interests. -- Bob Tyrrell
The development of the Internet has posed new challenges to national sovereignty, security and development interests. -- Xi Jinping
After September 11, the European governments have completely failed. They are incapable of seeing beyond their own national scope of interests. -- Jurgen Habermas
The corporation was originally conceived as a public institution whose purpose was to serve national interests and advance the public good. -- Joel Bakan
If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests. -- Abdallah II of Jordan
Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries. -- Kjell Magne Bondevik
As policy makers, our interest isn't necessarily the narrow interests of specific corporations but the national security interests of the United States. -- Carlos Curbelo
If we topple [Bashar] Assad, the result will be ISIS will take over Syria, and it will worsen U.S. national security interests. -- Ted Cruz
It's true that I run a multi-national group but I have no interests in India. So please tell me, what should my identity be? -- Lakshmi Mittal
Today's meeting was extremely important and brought exceptional results, ... The talks have shown that the long-term national and geopolitical interests of Russia and India coincide. -- Vladimir Putin
They're still a subject beholden to special interests, but at least they have a national constituency. At least they have to think about national majorities. -- Mark Shields
Let's remember that the reason we are there is that we have vital interests in Afghanistan, hugely important national interests, as do the other countries involved. -- David Petraeus
I have strong interests in supporting sport, primarily football, and also in developing cultural relationships within national communities and their diasporas, with special reference to Ethiopia. -- Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi
The ongoing migration of persons to the United States in violation of our laws is a serious national problem detrimental to the interests of the United States. -- Ronald Reagan
We have made mistakes! We were too late. If we had presented our national interests more clearly from the beginning, the world would still be in balance today. -- Vladimir Putin
The Prime Minister [Shindzo Abe] and I will negotiate proceeding from our national interests: the interests of Russia and the interests of Japan. We should find a compromise. -- Vladimir Putin
It is in the national interest to have the Flying Kangaroo. It's in the interests of our tourism industry. It's in the interests of jobs here in Australia. -- Anthony Albanese
The Federal Constitution forms a happy combination in this respect; the great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, the local and particular, to the state legislatures. -- James Madison
...recent events should make the student wary of state rights banners, especially when raised by conservative men against national administrations not conspicuously devoted to the interests of the propertied. -- Charles G. Sellers
Do not compromise on national security for purely budgetary reasons. The world is dangerous, and we must always be prepared for anything that might threaten our national interests and security. -- Sanford Bishop
I am proposing a new foreign policy focused on advancing America's core national interests - so important - promoting regional stability, and producing and easing the tensions within our very troubled world. -- Donald Trump
There is no regard for human lives, or local national interests. It is because the West, despite its hypocritical rhetoric (political correctness) does not really consider non-whites and non-Christians as human beings. -- Andre Vltchek
The reputation of those countries which cater to the foreign policy interests of other states at the expense of their own national interests will go down regardless of how they explain their actions. -- Vladimir Putin

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