Capitalism inevitably and by virtue of the very logic of its civilization creates, educates and subsidizes a vested interest in social unrest.
Joseph A. Schumpeter
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There were a huge number of these vested rights cases. It was a conscious decision. It was something that we thought was a way to ease the development industry into this.
Susan Johnson
I think it's imperative that we participate in the process. We have a vested interest in helping it be orderly. If we don't participate, we'll be left out as we have in the past.
Bob Hadfield
A great number of those who live in inner-city communities have no vested interest in the country and the result is destruction. We can start by returning pride to the inner city and I would recommend that Parade be renamed Marcus Garvey Square.
Howard Hamilton
We are mandated and guided by the constitution and we will thwart any attempt by any vested interest groups to exploit the situation to their advantage.
Angelo Reyes
History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.
B. R. Ambedkar
The tribe has a vested interest in making sure the resources are protected for future generations. It's not part of tribal culture to decimate a resource.
John Halliday
We have worked with a steering committee that represents organizations and stakeholders with a vested interest in this project. The committee members want to further the knowledge of the current technologies to reduce air emissions and odor levels in livestock operations. The Wisconsin DNR will also begin in 2007 to implement regulations related to air emissions from livestock operations.
Rod Nilsestuen
That property was vested years ago.
Paul Wieczorek
It's the same story we've seen a thousand times before: A small group of big power plant owners gnashing their teeth because they have a vested financial stake in business as usual. It's a handful of special interests saying that progress is a bad thing. Well, progress is a good thing for the Northeast economy and the people whose jobs depend on it.
Seth Kaplan
We don't have a vested interest in the outcome (of the studies).
Nancy Zajano
Whilst I agree that dialogue and discussion between members is important, and that members have a vested interest in what's going on in the various teams, I would have thought that it was patently obvious that carrying out this dialogue on such an open forum is naive in the extreme, potentially harmful and reflects badly on the whole club.
Grant Wilson
I'm a vested veteran, so that kind of slowed things up.
Jon Ritchie
The zoning doesn't come up for review. The zoning is effectively vested, and the desire to live at that location is consumer-driven. People still want to live on the water.
Joe Incorvia
The people with a vested interest who want a stadium tax subsidy kind of remind me of a used car salesman -- the longer they keep trying, they more they wear you down, ... Generally, when you go to buy a car, the longer you are at the dealer, the more likely it is you are going to get screwed.
John Knight
[Experts say that consumers who sign on with agents generally have an advantage during the claims process.] The agent has a vested interest in you being happy, ... The claims representative has a general desire to keep you happy, but it's not the same.
Brian Sullivan
I also wish to place on record my gratitude to our shareholders and investors for the trust they have vested in us which gives us the confidence to pursue our growth-oriented investment strategy.
Rashad Janahi
There are a lot of people who are fully vested and have a lot of stock options and they keep thinking 'what if the stock goes up,' ... But the key is, are you happy with what you are doing?'
Ron Krannich
Every time you cut programs, you take away a person who has a vested interest in high taxes and you put him on the tax rolls and make him a taxpayer. A farmer on subsidies is part welfare bum, whereas a free-market farmer is a small businessman with a gun.
Grover Norquist
A vast majority is equity that is already vested in the company. It's not a result of this merger at all -- 90 percent of the options that are granted to the executives would vest with our without the deal.
Tyler Mason
Employers feel they can teach you needed skills quickly. They want integrity, because after the latest corporate scandals, companies have a vested interest in the company they keep.
Brenda Greene
He's a marked man, his time has come. He's the son of God for heaven's sake, he knows his words are revolutionary, they're rocking the boats, challenging the vested interests.
Keith Allen
Health-care reform is a huge issue. It's also a huge battle. There are big vested interests that are just as bad as contractors and postal lobbyists.
Jesper Koll
He just talked about religion in a way that I could hear. It's one thing to have your parents tell you about faith, but to hear it from someone who isn't apparently emotionally vested in you is special.
Peter Sarsgaard
The downside of high private school attendance is that if, in fact, a high percentage of them are from more affluent families, families of influence don't have a vested interest in the public school system.
Paul Herdman
There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through.
John Gunther
In all tyrannical governments the supreme magistracy, or the right both of making and of enforcing the laws, is vested in one and the same man, or one and the same body of men; wherever these two powers are united together, there can be no public lib.
William Blackstone
We are not to be regarded as a potent political force to be used by politicians in the furtherance of their vested interests. As mandated, we must remain apolitical.
Lt. Gen. Hermogenes Esperon
Whoever moves into a community has a vested interest in it.
Andrew Goodman
As a mark of respect for the memory of Rosa Parks, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, that on the day of her interment, the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff.
George W Bush
We love to criticize government and we love to say that they don't listen to our needs. This is an opportunity for those who have a vested interest in drug and alcohol services in our community.
Brian Hunt
They are presenting themselves as experts guiding you through a difficult maze of transactions and contracts, ... If you haven't done your research ahead of time you're likely to take the car salesman's advice, even though they have a vested interest in getting you to pay a higher price and getting you to buy now.
Philip Reed
They have this financial vested interest, which we all know can influence things. They're trying to put this to rest and say, 'See we knew it, this product is perfectly safe.
Diana Zuckerman
Justice was finally done. As we said in the appeal, Judge Owen was too vested in seeing Frank convicted.
John Keker
Everyone from executives and judges to scientists and politicians may reason to emotionally biased judgments when they have a vested interest in how to interpret 'the facts'.
Drew Westen
While buzzer beaters and upsets grab the headlines, what really captivates millions is their vested interest in office pools, rather than the performance of their favorite team or alma mater. For every person who enters an office pool, there's a good chance you will find another placing a bet on the tournament games over the Internet.
Simon Noble
I think we need to be responsible, to do the right thing. I hope that you understand we have no vested interest in a tax because we have to pay it, too.
Andrew Jones
It's going to be the heart, the pulse of the relief effort, ... We've got a vested interest in getting back there and getting things running. That's where our homes are, that's where our families are.
James Riley
This never went to a court and it was just an agreement between both parties. They claimed to have a vested interest in the club, the operation of the club. They had used it as their home for many, many years.
Greg Brewer
The public has a vested interest in being sure that public employees are carrying out their duties in a professional way. In some of the cases, we received the entire file and then in others we didn't get anything. That has the appearance that there's a different standard for different types of employees.
Alan Johnson
It's important to us to be involved in local politics and take a vested interest in the community. San Marcos is not just a place we come to work, and we are very interested in public safety.
Scott Hansen
Voters will decide which is more fair. We have the potential next year for the election to be presided over by one of the candidates running for governor. Is this fair and impartial? Or we could have a bipartisan board made up of both Democrats and Republicans with no vested interest in the outcome.
Keary Mccarthy
What you're seeing here is an attempt by reform politicians to take control away from vested interests. I don't know what to expect, because I simply don't know how powerful these guys are.
Ron Bevacqua
Landowners who earn credits would have a vested interest in increasing the value of their credits. The value can be increased by either more stringent regulation or reduced species populations that require a reduction in the number of credits available.
Peyton Knight
Every source of information comes from a different vested interest. Usually there's a bias built into that information.
Alex Cheung
It's a dual responsibility. It's not just people doing this all by themselves but saying they're really the parties that have the vested interest in getting it right.
John Clippinger
The reality is that an Oracle deal would cost PeopleSoft customers. They have a vested interest in keeping PeopleSoft independent.
Richard Williams
It was the only way the central authorities could assert leverage over the vested interests within the provinces and state-owned industries.
Enzio Von Pfeil
Microsoft has a vested interest in making business more secure. How else would business be secure if not for [the input of experts]?
Fred Gibson
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