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  but by the Christian men to whom God in his infinite wisdom has given control of property interests of the country, and upon the successful management of which so much remains....
• A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
  -- Napoleon Bonaparte, "Maxims" 1804-1815...
• The condition upon which God has given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
  -- John Philpot Curran, in a speech July 10, 1790...
• The idea that 'the public interest' supersedes private interests and rights can have but one meaning
• My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests.
  -- George Santayana...
• It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon our interests.
  -- Terence (185-159 BC) -- Adelphoe, Act v, Sc. 8, 30, (953.)...
• A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
  -- Niccolo Machiavelli...
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