The report calls for a real balance between public and private interests.
Could he talk about the contrast between historical experience and national interest?
In the modern world this means finding the meeting point between personal interests and the needs of the nation.
But there always has to be a balance between different interests.
In other words, he was able to make the distinction between the national interest and his own political interests.
Free trade can change relationships between economic classes and interests.
For more than two decades I have seen the struggle between working families and special interests.
This is far from the first time Congress has tried to cut ties between special interests and politics.
It does, however, represent a balance between environmental, economic and social interests.
There is now, no longer, any substantial difference between national and European interests.