National Interest Quotes

A state worthy of the name has no friends—only interests. [This is a generalized expression of British Prime Minister John Henry Temple's statement a century earlier.

We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.

The corporate State considers that private enterprise in the sphere of production is the most effective and useful instrument in the interest of the nation. In view of the fact that private organisation of production is a function of national concern, the organiser of the enterprise is responsible to the State for the direction given to production.

… realpolitik

… free access to scientific information … the abolition of barriers hitherto considered necessary to safeguard national interest but now standing in the way of common security against unprecedented dangers

Americanism not globalism will be our credo as long as we are led by politicians who will not put America first, then we can be assured that other nations will not treat America with respect, the respect that we deserve.

Individuals must die that the nation may live.

America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests

Many people might wonder why conserving wildlife should be considered so important when there are wider issues of global and national interest, such as conflict and poverty to worry about. The answer is because these issues are interlinked.

Genuine association of interest on the part of the great powers must precede the transformation of the united nations military alliance into a political society of nations.

When it's well managed, migration works in the national interest, for our communities, economy and country.

I know the power of the Israeli lobby and the other lobbies, but we need a foreign policy that puts our own country first.

It's time to put the national interest before the interests of Wall Street.

Are there topics of sufficient import to the nation's well-being to replace the Soviets as the focus of U.S. intelligence?

We were quite naïve about the use of American power.

For four hundred years the foreign policy of England has to oppose the strongest, most aggressive, most dominating Power on the Continent …

Better lose me than lose a state.

I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political interests are entirely distinct from ours. Their mutual jealousies, their balance of power, their complicated alliances, their forms and principles of government, are all foreign to us. They are nations of eternal war.

We owe it to our troops to make policy that strengthens America now and in the future.

Communists must grasp the principle of subordinating the needs of the part to the needs of the whole. If a proposal appears feasible for a partial situation but not for the situation as a whole, then the part must give way to the whole. Conversely, if the proposal is not feasible for the part but is feasible in the light of the situation as a whole, again the part must give way to the whole.

The BJP's decisions are never based on victory and defeat in elections.

This war must be waged--it is being waged--with the greatest and most persistent intensity. Everything we are and have is at stake. Everything we are and have will be given.

As long as Americans believe that their country has vital interests everywhere on earth, they will behave the same.

The English people would never consent to go to war for a cause in which England was not manifestly interested.

The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national prosperity; of trade and dickering, not principle.