Sentences with phrase «for selfish interests»

For example, I should always give the clients information that I deem necessary for them to make informed decisions even when my principals would want to withhold same in for their selfish interests.

In July, President Buhari said he was averse to including the private sector players in his economic team because they were used to exploiting government policies for their selfish interests.

We hope that you don't become hardened to wise counsel and dispassionate criticism; and we also hope that you don't become a weakling or a walkover for the selfish interests of some individuals or groups.

The pro-government group accused the Nigeria Labor Congress of deliberately sabotaging the genuine commitment of the state government to transform the educational sector for their selfish interests.

Liberation theologians want to make sure that Christian faith will not be used as ideological support for selfish interests and repressive situations.

In conclusion Kwaku Manu advised Ghanaians not to put their trust in any political party because our leaders always use us during elections for their selfish interest.

Abubakar further said he wanted to become Nigerian president not for his selfish interest, but that he was determined at enthroning rule of law, internal democracy and progress in the country.

«The governors controlling AD states then (Olusegun Osoba, Ogun; Adeniyi Adebayo, Ekiti; Lam Adesina, Oyo; Adebisi Akande, Osun; and Bola Tinubu, Lagos) were with him (Obasanjo) for their selfish interest.

All the party leaders must work together, so our working together and their visits to my office were not for selfish interest or about our ambitions alone.

Not exact matches

A good board leaves its own desires and its selfish concerns at the door and works together to reach the best decisions for the company rather than pushing or promoting choices that serve other outside interests -; including, sometimes, a board member's own investment objectives.

Liberal Boomers, who seldom if ever seriously criticize the legions of conservative - demonizers in your midst, for this post I will mostly join Mr. Druckenmiller in accusing you outright, that is, I will act as if this was your premeditated plan motivated by selfish interest, and not a pattern of political self - delusion that you fell into, given the drip - drip - drip of Democrat talking points over the years, given your gleeful listening to those who dismissed conservatives as hateful dunces, so that you ceased to even consider the NUMBERS conservatives kept pointing to, and just kept on doggedly voting D.

Human beings are hindered from seeing and doing what is truly good by a host of insecurities, anxieties, vested selfish interests, and by sheer desire for power and glory.

The problem common to most of our reasons for going to church (even the ones that seem good) is egoism: a selfish obsession with our own well - being and interests.

In the use of the mass media of communication, reverence is manifest in the aim of creating a blessed community, bound together in the truth, through media of public education devoted to the common good rather than to propaganda and profit for the advancement of selfish interests.

To some extent this tension between concern for the common cause and concern for one's selfish interest was reflected at the theoretical level in the tension between utilitarians and those who held the traditional religious and philosophical views.

It has not remained possible for the Muslim world to safeguard even their own selfish interests anymore let alone spread the beautiful word of Islam.

For Israel, God was the ultimate reality, he was all power (though that is very different from the concept of omnipotence of later centuries), and he was good — not a being concerned with selfish interests, but his character was grace and love.

We are social animals and must, when possible deny our selfish interests for the good of the group if we are to succeed.

America is a hate country and Americans have killed many and keep killing for their own selfish interests.

Any man aware of those facts who climbs into bed with another man for either oral or anal sex can not possibly have the other man's best interest at heart, is thinking only of himself, and his own selfish, perverted, sexual desires.

When deciding how to spend my time and resources, I will think about fatherhood as an investment in the next generation and will put my own formerly selfish interests aside for the benefit of this family for which I have taken responsibility.

'' Awal joined the party because of his selfish interest and it's the reason why he came into the party at a point where we had finished with all the hard work for the 2016 elections and we think he is an opportunist,» Prince Milonu charged.

To deny outright the existence of a structure which physically exists and is there for all to see, just for one's selfish interest and inordinate political ambitions, indeed, is an unpardonable sin.

The importance of the outcome is perhaps even greater than our first Civil War, because economically speaking the Anti Gov forces are attempting to rob the majority of Americans, for their own selfish vested interest pursued at the expense of average Americans.

The statement read in part: «As a people with common destiny, we need to constantly include President Muhammadu Buhari in our prayers for a quick recovery as a matter of overall national interest, and indeed, all our leaders; exhibit a very high level of patriotism; be proactive; make objective not distractive actions and criticisms; proffer progressive advice and solutions devoid of political, selfish, ethnic religious considerations.»

«We can not sit down for a few people to destroy BOST which is strategically positioned to serve the nation just because of their selfish interest which is always placed above the national interest»: Mr Abdul Jamil stated.

Idimogu said he defected to APC to protect the interest of his Igbo brethren in Lagos and not for any selfish agenda.

Ghana must therefore put in place an EFFECTIVE legal framework to make sure that politicians on all sides are discouraged from wreaking havoc on the poor people of Ghana for their own selfish interests.

Abai said the plan to cancel the university was not in the interest of the entire country but for selfish aggrandizement and urged Buhari to «resist any sycophant idea or advice concerning the cancellation of the Maritime University in order for us to have absolute peace in the Niger - Delta and Nigeria at large.»

Obama's promise to «govern for all the people, not just the interests of the wealthy and well - connected» came across more Andrew Jackson («the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes») than Karl Marx.

Ekwueme, a founding member of the party which held power for 16 years, said PDP was formed as a «mass movement» but along the way, it was hijacked by selfish interests.

If Pa Adebanjo was in bed with the man from Otuoke, it was not for his personal interest compared to the selfish, egoistic, scallywagish antics of Bourdillon in supporting a disaster called Mohammadu Buhari that has driven the Yorùbá Nation into a murderous ditch along with other ethnic nationalities in Nigeria.

The group warned: «We call on those that are manipulating the system for selfish reasons to foster their political interest to have a rethink and desist from spilling the blood of innocent citizens.

The motorcycle riders that you want to «keep» in the state, do you think is not for your own selfish interest?.

If chimpanzees were motivated only by selfish interests, they would be expected to choose a reward only for themselves (or it should be 50 — 50 if they were choosing randomly).

Starinets notes that published letter is «open for signing only to Soviet / Russian scientists having permanent positions abroad to avoid any criticism that the undersigned want any preferences for themselves from the Russian government or have any other selfish interests.»

Economists thought that people were only out to maximize their self - interest, political scientists believed that people voted entirely for their self - interest, and biologists told us that we were driven by selfish genes, which make us generous only when it will help our kin or our reputations.

In my opinion, the biggest challenge to global scientific collaboration is to work for scientific knowledge itself, leaving aside personal interests such as profit, competition, rivalry, or selfish recognition.

Our effort to change their mind is imposing our selfish interests for what we want.

They find love not just as sexual desire; they are not interested to use the other for selfish pleasure.

Instead, Stewart is a selfish jerk, only concerned with his own interests and avoiding conflict not for some non-violent ideal (as Stewart did in Destry Rides Again) but out of pure apathy for the public good.

But when a compromise was struck by district and union representatives — a compromise, I repeat, that is about the employees» interests, not the kids» or the taxpayers» — and the union still continued to strike for two utterly unnecessary days, Chicago's parents and voters must have realized that this was indeed about selfish employees, not provocative mayors.

Free schools are driven by a selfish agenda — they are not built where most needed, they are driven by the self - interested, and they are black holes for large amounts of our taxpayer money.

In Brill's telling, the education class war pits a heroic group of entrepreneurial philanthropists, highly successful hedge fund billionaires, and idealistic Ivy Leaguers who join Teach for America against somewhat grubby and grasping rank - and - file public school teachers and their union leaders, who often put their own selfish interests above those of the children.

Greed is the selfish interest of both individual members and government that leads to these groups of people amassing lots of wealth for their own personal gains.

Every few years, there'll be a company that has power in books, and tries to exploit readers and / or authors for its own selfish interests.

Really, it shouldn't be a political issue, either, unless one is so callous and selfish as to be willing to harm hundreds of millions of other people for one's own personal interests.

Their contrived, consensually validated «necessity» for unbridled economic growth could be eventually seen as fraudent as well as an willful exercise of governmental and corporate malfeasence, all of it based upon the selfish interests of a tiny minority of wealthy and powerful people.

Front page stories at The New York Times and The Washington Post have also highlighted Steyer's past investments in the fossil fuel industry and the profits accrued by the hedge fund he used to lead, noting the apparent inconsistency with his political advocacy.16, 17 Bill McKibben who helped inspire Steyer's opposition to the Keystone pipeline and who consults with the billionaire activist, offers an opposing perspective: «After years of watching rich people manipulate and wreck our political system for selfish personal interests, it's great to watch a rich person use his money and his talents in the public interest.»

global warming is real those who are selfish may think that its a scam for their vested interests its a big topic..............................................................................