An individual, in promoting his own interest, may injure the public interest; a nation, in promoting the general welfare, may check the interest of a part of its members.
The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads.
I'm a ballplayer. I know how hard the game is... and anybody that makes it in the Hall of Fame, I support. They become a member of our special fraternity.
The employer is not going to choose the gang member who's just been released from prison: they're going to choose the person with the skills.
My own dream is that we discover that the NSA has been secretly keeping files on members of the National Rifle Association.
We find that other employees are very enthusiastic about their fellow crew members who have disabilities-or what they previously thought of as disabilities.
We aim to express the passion of our members in something actionable that we can all in fact do.
A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the European Union like any state.
A traditional rabbi is the man to whom the community and its members turn to rule on what Jewish law requires of them, particularly in cases of doubt.
During the Middle Ages, Jews were members of a semi-independent polity within a larger polity.
During the first few minutes of your presentation, your job is to assure the audience members that you are not going to waste their time and attention.
What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.
I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
I'm an old member of Greenpeace. I worried intensely, as I think most of my friends did, that the world was coming apart.
An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius.
As a Member of the CBC, I will fight tooth and nail to increase funding for programs, such as Ryan White, that were flat funded in the President's budget.
I'm still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent - you get contaminated after so long.
There is a series of sectors which could be severely disrupted by terrorist attacks, particularly if they were to happen in several member states simultaneously.
At Whole Foods, we allow our team members to vote on what benefits they most want the company to fund.
There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S.
As a member of Congress, and a parent, I understand the importance of ensuring that families are able to provide a meaningful and proper burial for their loved ones.
