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Self-interest, ambition and conspiracy lurks everywhere.
Robert Teitelman: Morgenson and Rosner's "Reckless Endangerment" Robert Teitelman 2011
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Self-interest, unlike selfishness, is not concerned only with the self because it is in the interest of the individual to care for his or her family, friends, communities, and causes.
Neil J. Young: Money, God And Greed: The Tea Party And Capitalism Neil J. Young 2011
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It certainly didn't prevent the Robber Barons of the past or the Robber Bankers of the present from organizing themselves into a Union of Self-interest even if in a superficial way they "compete."
Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: A House Divided Against Itself Joel Shatzky 2011
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Self-interest, ambition and conspiracy lurks everywhere.
Robert Teitelman: Morgenson and Rosner's "Reckless Endangerment" Robert Teitelman 2011
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It certainly didn't prevent the Robber Barons of the past or the Robber Bankers of the present from organizing themselves into a Union of Self-interest even if in a superficial way they "compete."
Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: A House Divided Against Itself Joel Shatzky 2011
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Self-interest is the motivating force for all of humanity.
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Self-interest, or the good of the few, versus grander interests like balancing the needs of the planet.
duh pookie 2009
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Self-interest, or the good of the few, versus grander interests like balancing the needs of the planet.
duh pookie 2009
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Self-interest is the motivating force for all of humanity.
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“Self-interest” is at the heart of the bureaucratic mess described in Dreams.
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
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