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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
We have no vital national interest in Syria's civil war.
I wanted to put the national interest before my personal interests.
We need to review treaties to make them reflect our national interest.
It's time to put the national interest before the interests of Wall Street.
Japan is not going to do anything with any country that harms the national interest.
We pay a price when special interests win out over the collective national interest.
I certainly believe that improving our intelligence is of important national interest.
Too often, we restrict trade that would create U.S. jobs and is in our national interest.
As an MP, my first duty is to act in the national interest, regardless of party affiliation.
Trump promised an 'America First' foreign policy rooted in the national interest, not in nostalgia.
It is in our national interest for Congress to act on immigration reform in a comprehensive manner.
We are a party which believes that we work in the national interest, not just to please my opposition.
Tackling deprivation around the world is a moral imperative and firmly in Britain's national interest.
The national interest is the priority. If not, what's the point in continuing to give money to the E.U.?
A president is supposed to calm the American people with sober decision-making in the national interest.
When it's well managed, migration works in the national interest, for our communities, economy and country.
Trump is beset by clear and alarming conflicts between his international business concerns and the national interest.
Germany has to put the broader European interest on the same level as its own national interest, or the euro is toast.
There is very little chance of the modern Republican Party putting the national interest above their own partisan interests.
Transparency in government, no less than transparency in choosing government, remains a vital national interest in a democracy.
Pakistan has made no mention of ending our tests. We have a missile program, and it is in the national interest whatever we want to do.
I am a businessman, not a politician, but I am also a proud American who would never do anything against my country's national interest.
We need to fight to prove to people that it is possible to form an E.U. migration policy that is in line with the Hungarian national interest.
A desire to see significant reform and change is perfectly compatible with our belief that membership of the E.U. is in our national interest.
Any effort which wittingly or unwittingly draws a wedge between the people and Armed Forces of Pakistan undermines the larger national interest.
What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest.
The New Order wants to put our national interest in the driving seat while continuing with our ideology to fight against colonialism and imperialism.
I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and Russian national interest.
Governments do have the duty to protect national interest. But we should not be afraid of foreign funding of Indian CSOs, unless malintent can be proved.
It is in the national interest to have the Flying Kangaroo. It's in the interests of our tourism industry. It's in the interests of jobs here in Australia.
As we realize that more and more things have global impact, I think we're going to get people increasingly wanting to get away from a purely national interest.
When national policy becomes hostage to regional interests, the federal government becomes paralysed and would be unable to act in the larger national interest.
My belief is that the nation-state remains the one entity that can function, the one entity that can demand sacrifice from its constituents in the national interest.
A wartime Minister of Information is compelled, in the national interest, to such continuous acts of duplicity that even his natural hair must grow to resemble a wig.
My experience is that the Australian people rarely get it wrong - they will vote for a united party that is able to look after their interests and the national interest.
If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the impatience of one who thinks he actually owns the news you get, it is against the national interest.
My fundamental interests are to preserve the good name and standing of this Australian Labor Party and to act in the national interest on behalf of the Australian Government.
Only Boris Johnson will get the best Brexit deal for Britain, defeat Jeremy Corbyn's divisive shambles of an opposition, and govern the United Kingdom in the national interest.
I've been in the group that believes it's in our national interest to close Guantanamo. It does create a psychological scar on our national values. Whether it should or not, it does.
Newspapers can make their own judgment in terms of who they support in a general election. Our responsibility is to make a considered judgment about where the national interest lies.
The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it.
We do foreign assistance for altruistic reasons, certainly for humanitarian reasons, of course. But the main reason we do foreign assistance is we do it in the American national interest.
I believe something very deeply. That Britain's national interest is best served in a flexible, adaptable and open European Union and that such a European Union is best with Britain in it.
We shouldn't be thinking about individuals or departments. We should be thinking about national interest. Lifting the standard of Pakistan squash is like working towards national interest.
You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national interest or the stability or longevity of their regime.
I will not stand idly when anyone gets in the way of the national interest and tries to block the national vision. From where I sit, I can tell you, a president is always as strong as she wants to be.
I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair hearing on an issue of importance in our relations with Mexico is extremely important to our national interest, as well as theirs.
Reflecting on the past, where the film industry became united with 'national interest' and 'national policy,' I tend to think that keeping a clear distance from government authority is the right thing to do.
Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances.