Word: self-interest
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...provided therein and make it an executive branch instead of, as now, an independent administrative office of Government, similar to the Interstate Commerce Commission. I wish to retire to be free to join with others in opposing such change without having it construed that such opposition was prompted by self-interest in wishing to retain the office...
...Germany, who menaced her numerous interests, and by becoming "openly an associate, and secretly a virtual war-ally of France and Russia." Germany appears the least guilty of the nations. Japan, Italy, Bulgaria and Rumania were non-contributaries to the cause of the War, merely participating out of self-interest...
There is another side to the picture. Foreigners, however much they have been actuated by self-interest and however much they have contributed to the chaos that is proverbially Chinese, have conferred lasting benefits upon the Chinese people. Monuments of industry, railways, banks, commerce and a hundred other things will always remain tangible testimony of these benefits. No less important is the high degree of safety in time of trouble which the foreign concessions have provided for masses of Chinese seeking protection. Many Chinese recognize all this; the great majority in "conscious China" are stolidly indifferent; but the active, educated...
...Napoleon as an egoist surpassed in his megalomania the mere self-interest which distinguished the whole life of Byron. Napoleon was incapable of admiring anyone; Byron admired Napoleon, but he saw his shortcomings...
These letters had urged upon their recipients a duty to contribute funds in token of their "gratitude."Another term used was " enlightened self-interest."These terms had puzzled the Committee, drawn fire from Democrats and Progressives...