Self-Serving Motives Quotes

Patriotism is seen not only the last refuge of the scoundrel bus as the first bolt-hole of the hypocrite.

… male religious leaders have had -- and still have -- an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter.

All flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

I entered Parliament with what I thought to be the lowest possible opinion of the average member. I came out with one still lower.

Lindsey Graham can't lead us in any direction because he traded his moral compass for petty political gain.

The Roman republic was indeed never finished. For the caprice of the multitude was left to operate at random. So that every popular demagogue had it in his power to spirit up the multitude to whatever pitch of madness might suit his ambitious, or interested views

Rahm Emanuel is son of the devil's spawn. He is an individual who would sell his mother to get a vote. He would strap his children to the front end of a steam locomotive.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

Nobody speaks the truth when there is something they must have.

I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.

Approaching people looking for something in return isn't a relationship, it's a transaction.

Could Eisenhower really be simply a smart politician, entirely without principles and hungry for glory, who is only the tool of the Communists? The answer is yes. With regard to ... Eisenhower, it is difficult to avoid raising the question of deliberate treason.

An ingrate in politics is no good.

Though much about Donald Trump is chaotic and unpredictable, his overall agenda as a businessman and politician is clear and consistent: He wants to make himself more powerful, and he doesn't care how he does it.

If you look back through history, you'll see that God, in any form - Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed - has always wanted prosperity for everyone. There was a recognition of the need to integrate our material and spiritual lives. But that message was distorted by various leaders with their own agendas.

Exploiters and manipulators have always used religion self-righteously to further their own selfish ends.

Out of bad motives good things often come.

Obama, in pursuit of power, has been as greedy and irresponsible as any Wall Street tycoon in pursuit of money.

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

I am falsely accused, without proof, of using my position for personal profit. Many who accuse me have lifestyles and spending habits that make them walking proofs of that crime.

If you start doing things because you hate others and want to screw them over, the end result is bad.

The State always moves slowly and grudgingly towards any purpose that accrues to society's advantage, but moves rapidly and with alacrity towards one that accrues to its own advantage…

Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.

There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.

Don't you go believing in sayings … they are all made by men, for their own advantages.