Word: self-interest
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...that Lorenzo and the Bush administration were willing to exploit such self-interest against the strikers. If commuters really wanted to act in defense of their own interests, they would have realized that the profit motive that encourages Frank Lorenzo to drive his companies into bankruptcy in order to drive out unions is the same attitude that creates shoddy service and higher fares...
While it's obviously in North's self-interest to demand the release of classified information that might absolve him, such actions make him look like a first-class hypocrite, not the American hero his supporters have called him. During the 1987 congressional Iran-contra hearings, North argued that his lying to Congress was justified because it prevented predictable leaks which could endanger lives. Now, when the publicizing of such secret information remains equally as risky, North has no qualms calling for its release...
...help a child who needed her. She is not running for office, not running charity balls and not running away. Perhaps she seems a rare heroine at an end of a decade when the rich got greedier, the poor got needier, and everyone else tended to his own shiny self-interest...
...idealist, I have to admit. I think human nature is self- interested. But there is such a thing as enlightened self-interest. The trick is to engage self-interest at the point where it touches other people's self- interest. Why shouldn't it be done on the international level, particularly when we have invented a way of putting an end to the whole experiment, by nuclear or other weapons of mass destruction. That is what the U.N. should be all about. I maintain that my idealism, which is based on some fairly rough experience, is a great deal more...
...educated person show such a basic misunderstanding of the reason for Americans' strong support of Israel? Israel is supported because it is America's loyal ally and the only democracy in the Middle East. Israel gives America technology, military intelligence and a strategic base. Americans support Israel out of self-interest, whether or not American Jews criticize Israel. Calling Israel immoral only serves to relieve the moral consciences of Jews who are embarrassed by Israeli soldiers' excesses. Only constructive criticism to Israeli leaders can truly help Israel resolve its problems...