Sentence examples similar to self interest out from inspiring English sources

They were acting in self-interest, out of a concern that the deficits would diminish the value of their holdings by flooding the marketplace with new government bonds.

The only way to do that is to wring much of the party politics and self-interest out of the redistricting process.

Elimination of the draft, for instance, while seemingly a progressive step, took self-interest out of the antiwar movement.

Thompson insisted that his club was not voting out of self interest as there were aspects of the proposal with which United are not totally happy.

You don't come here out of self interest, you come here out of public interest.

Mr. Elkins's performance was cringe-inducing, but only because his self-interest was out in the open.

And it's purely out of self interest.

But the inspector general came to conclude he was acting out of self interest and that it violated FBI policy.

So if you obey the law but you do so only out of self interest, your obedience, says Kant, has no moral worth.

Then he explained, "I will tell you I am not speaking out of self interest.

Some mistakenly dismissed her as an "illegal alien" backing this cause out of self interest, she recalled.