0 a belief and confidence in your own ability and value --
I put the rhetorical question: is it for reasons of amour propre; is it for the money; or for what?
Many interests may motivate such reluctance: political and commercial interests, fear of the consequences, or national amour propre.
The third consideration that thrusts itself forward is that of the amour propre of the actual members of the boards.
There is no amour propre in the matter at all.
Therefore, what damage has this alleged leak done, except to our amour propre?
I understand that one does not obstruct the police, but there are ways and means of doing these things without hurting amour propre.
This should not be a matter of amour propre at all.
We have no amour propre in this matter.
