This is farcical administration of the immigration law and it demeans the very concept of national interest. |
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It is not unheard of for countries to put aside partisan differences in the national interest, usually when the enemy is at the gates. |
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Since education is a matter of national interest, the bus operators also should bear a part of the social cost of students' concession. |
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The challenge lies in persuading it that there is an overlap between its national interest and that of the West. |
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They recognize that the national interest is an important value in world politics. |
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The resolution said the BJP did not have the national interest in mind and was indulging in cheap politics. |
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None of us on this side of the House plays games when we are presented with serious propositions to defend the national interest. |
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After a brief flirtation with the national interest, the aristocracy is back to putting dynasty before duty. |
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Any incidental damage done to the national interest in furtherance of that war appears in their eyes to be for the greater good. |
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I know I am recommending a pragmatic rather than a principled stand, but that is what national interest and foreign policy is all about. |
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On the other hand, it is arguably in the national interest to de-escalate tensions. |
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His image as a defender of the national interest made him popular among the masses. |
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This game of electoral leapfrog might be in the best interest of individual states, but it's destructive to the national interest. |
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They are, or at least were, the party of small government, low taxation and the national interest. |
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If one accepts the choice of national interest vs. altruism, there is no contest as to which will triumph. |
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It is a reminder of the delicate line that lies between self-interest and the national interest. |
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Europe is stuck, perhaps for generations to come, in the logic of national interest. |
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We must note that the substantive role of the senators is to protect the national interest. |
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Implicit in his argument is the belief that American foreign policy flows from strategic considerations of national interest. |
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The Swedes and the Finns are usually found to be defending principles when it might not appear to be in their national interest. |
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We must put a stop to this reckless disregard for our national interest and we need to do so quickly. |
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The national interest analysis notes some of the disadvantages to New Zealand in entering a closer economic partnership with Thailand. |
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This is not a simple party concern but rather a matter of urgent national interest. |
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The lawmakers should be called to account without fail for their reckless actions that run contrary to national interest. |
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In foreign affairs we have pursued our national interest robustly while remaining alive to the needs and interests of others. |
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Individual senators have little or no incentive to yoke themselves together to advance the national interest. |
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The lack of any compelling national interest and the difficulties posed by local tribalism argue strongly against. |
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Governments of course always claim to be acting in the national interest, but it's a very slippery term. |
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It is just a given, so the whole thing revolves and devolves down to the national interest. |
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It is not in Australia's national interest to lock up and leave undeveloped our natural resources. |
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That is putting politics above the national interest and it's a rotten business no matter who does it. |
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We're dedicated to a principled stand, it's in the national interest and we'll be standing by that. |
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Judgements of national interest require prudence, and some concern for the likely trend of future events. |
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Our national interest is such that we would oppose any attempt to weaken the jurisdiction of coastal states. |
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However, the painting was suddenly deemed to be of crucial national interest when the news leaked out that the Botticelli was to be sold to a Texan art gallery. |
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Over the past century, Canadians have increasingly called upon the federal government to take action on health issues of national interest. |
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For the national interest of modern Japan, he did not hesitate to use military power that was introduced by Western countries. |
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In areas of national interest, national standardizing bodies create mirror committees to the ISO and IEC international committees. |
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A public office is used for the benefit of one or more individuals, rather than in the national interest. |
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All States have the serious responsibility of fostering the national interest and the common good. |
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Ultimately, this is a national problem which requires a national solution that is in the national interest. |
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The conservation of Ile Brion is of national interest from several points of view. |
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It should however be noted that some of their proposals are primarily of national interest and add little value at European level. |
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The discovery of a link between the suicide and the arrests turned it into a story of national interest and debate. |
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There is a great deal of science and technology work in the national interest that is conducted by the federal government itself. |
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A resolution has been adopted by the Portuguese Government on this last point, declaring the project to be of national interest. |
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There is a powerful and self-regulating national interest in observing the strictures of the Convention, because prisoners are taken by both sides of any conflict. |
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Therefore, it is not in the national interest to allow people to gather in these threatened cities and drain the few precious resources we have left. |
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They are just so politically opportunistic that they are willing to put their short-term partisan interest ahead of the long-term national interest. |
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This vision of development sees the true national interest to be the interests of all people and their communities, including the poor. |
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In turn, the federal government could disallow any provincial law that it felt was not in the national interest. |
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Under the terms of the Luxembourg Compromise, governments would retain their right to veto proposals where they deemed a vital national interest to be at stake. |
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It was also, in other words, the curse of the national interest. |
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It dispelled attempts to portray her as less concerned about the national interest than her opponents in the opposition parties and within her own party. |
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Members of Congress do not wish to be seen to be challenging the head of state when he says he is acting in furtherance of pressing national interest. |
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They are parroting the old party line that always puts special interests ahead of the national interest. |
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If it is a matter of national interest, and if the Minister wants us to put politics to one side, then she must deal with all parties even-handedly and equally. |
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He has never been one to put abstract principle before the national interest. |
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Such lack of purpose and direction is not in the national interest. |
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But with personal greed subsuming any sense of noblesse oblige or the national interest, it is time the hallowed romance of titled wealth was dispelled. |
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In West Germany the trade unions generally accepted the definition of national interest propounded by the government and industrialists, because they benefited from it. |
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They give expression to regional and other diversities and integrate them into a definition of the national interest. |
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The national interest need not, after all, be the same as that of its monied class. |
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Even in countries which prohibit other forms of unfree labour, conscription is generally justified as being necessary in the national interest. |
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It's in the national interest to have more results like these. |
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Is it legitimate for governments to seek to keep their diplomatic discussions and negotiations confidential when they perceive it to be in their national interest? |
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Regional integration should induce a regional outlook in the consideration of national interest in each convention and agreement attended by these countries. |
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Spin-offs are information with potential use in criminal law enforcement, national defence the conduct of external relations or the general pursuit of the national interest. |
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While the two countries subscribe to similar views on certain issues, there are also differences of opinion on other issues particularly relating to bilateral issues and their own national interest. |
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Likewise, the Court often is asked to decide whether a state law, otherwise valid, impinges upon some national interest such as the free flow of commerce. |
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In the heat of debate, where there are issues that touch on the moral and legal lines, is it in the national interest for there to be the heightening of concerns and a re-awakening of issues the day before the vote? |
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Losing my temper with Alastair Campbell in the aftermath of the 2010 election: he argued it was not in the national interest for Gordon Brown to resign immediately. |
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We are proud of our national cultures and identities, but reject the shortsighted focus of the Right on narrow national interest at the expense of our wider and deeper common interests. |
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Every country should have a basic set of foreign assistance laws allowing international cooperation whenever it serves the national interest, whether based upon reciprocity, comity, ad hoc agreement or conventional treaty. |
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The reply is to be found in the bold and generous political approach of the founding fathers of Europe who enshrined the concept of international solidarity beside that of the national interest. |
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England showed decreasing enthusiasm for conflict deemed not in the national interest, yielding only losses in return for high economic burdens. |
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In Australia, national interest is considered in relation to the widely held concerns of Australians, its laws and policies, national security interests and economic development. |
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Well, in this case, the culprit was national interest, which watered down, or rendered indecipherable, policies and practices that are in all of our interests. |
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Maybe Sony and the distributors believed they were acting altruistically, in the wider national interest. |
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A head of state, more often than not a nuclear power, thinks with all the means his country has at his disposal, to implement a strategy that will maximise the national interest. |
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However, the Prime Minister and that party continue to play fast and loose with the national interest by talking about decriminalizing and now even legalizing marijuana. |
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Because of competing national interest, nations had the desire for increased world power through their colonial empires. |
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Oil sands development is of national interest and has attracted significant international media attention. |
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The Secretary has the authority to expend CTR funds in excess than authorized if determined to be in the national interest. |
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America's strategy of nuclear diplomacy with Iran, backed by sanctions, rests on convincing ayatollahs that, in dreaming of a sprint to a bomb, they are misjudging their national interest. |
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In intergovernmental relations, intransigence can on occasion give way to laxity amongst governments with changing views about what comprises national interest and the strategy of non-proliferation. |
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Basically, the expectation was that if Egypt succeeded in presenting itself as the champion of the Arab national interest, it would gain the legitimacy it needed to claim its leadership role. |
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However, it must be recognized that there will be exceptions and procedures should be available to protect the national interest when that happens. |
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The Ministry of Defence initially suppressed news of the discovery for fear of attracting treasure hunters, but word was soon out and excited huge national interest. |
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This force is intended to act as a naval element of power projection, able to intervene in any place of the national interest strategic space of Portugal. |
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We took the position that the national interest came before the story because we knew the United States very much needed to discover the secrets of Soviet missilery. |
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It opposes UK military involvement in conflicts that are not perceived to be in the national interest, specifically rejecting the concept of humanitarian interventionism. |
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A 2008 poll by The Economist showed that Britons' views differed considerably from Americans' views when asked about the topics of religion, values, and national interest. |
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He further continued to fustigate the government of president Kiir saying they deceived him because they put their personal ambition above the national interest. |
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