I wanted to put the national interest before my personal interests.
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It's time to put the national interest before the interests of Wall Street.
My main interest, however, was in economics, not law.
I can assure you that my first and foremost interest is my country.
My own interest developed because I thought it was a fascinating subject and something I wanted to pursue.
But I felt that most of us in the world today gave priority to our personal interests.
We pay a price when special interests win out over the collective national interest.
In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves.
The interest which lay behind Federalism was that of well-to-do citizens in a stable political and social order, and this interest aroused them to favor and to seek some form of political organization which was capable of protecting their property and promoting its interest.
My interest in foreign policy is above the average voter's interest. That doesn't mean we shouldn't talk about it.
I wanted to be what my high-school civics and history teacher thought of as a good American. That automatically involved taking an interest in government.
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