Public trust Quotes · Page 2

Nothing could be a more serious violation of public trust than to consciously make a war based on false claims.

— Wesley Clark

I think the entire pharmaceutical industry has a lot of work to do to restore public trust.

— Kenneth C. Frazier

Public trust is a vital condition for artificial intelligence to be used productively.

— Mark Walport

The truth was that all men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

— James Madison

All government is a trust. Every branch of government is a trust, and immemorially acknowledged to be so.

— Jeremy Bentham

Public health relies on public trust. Admitting mistakes and explaining prompt corrective actions engender that trust.

— Leana S. Wen

Ethics reform is about restoring the public trust. When that is in doubt, nothing is more important than restoring it.

— Ken Cuccinelli

Calling oneself a hero after making mistakes shouldn't earn public trust.

— Mike Medavoy

Public office is a public trust, the authority and opportunities of which must be used as absolutely as the public moneys for…

— Dorman Bridgeman Eaton

The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not…

— Millard Fillmore

If we want to truly regain the public's trust, we can provide greater accountability and transparency with a simple step. Let's start…

— Melissa Bean

During my two terms serving the good people of New Hampshire's First District, I always worked for what I call the bottom…

— Carol Shea-Porter

We have to repair that trust ... I think anytime a public official lies, he undermines his own authority and squanders the…

— Bill Bradley

To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though…

— Edmund Burke

All must admit that the reception of the teachings of Christ results in the purest patriotism, in the most scrupulous fidelity to…

— Grover Cleveland

We must never take the public's trust for granted - our predecessors worked hard to earn it, and it is our responsibility…

— Sally Yates

They still have negligent auditing, they still have things going for a walk, and they have no idea where they're coming from…

— Edward Snowden

Evidence has proven that Secretary Mayorkas' sustained and willful betrayal of the public trust makes him an accessory to the poisoning of…

— John E. James

David Ben-Gurion understood that the public's trust is given to a leader in order to lead, determine clear goals and make difficult…

— Ariel Sharon

Whether I'm reading a national publication or one of my local Chicago newspapers, I don't need to turn too many pages before…

— Mike Quigley

We have to judge presidents not only by the long-term consequences of their actions but also by how they make citizens in…

— David Greenberg

This is bad for policy-making - if you cover up the problems, how can you solve them? It also corrodes public trust.…

— Dominic Grieve

The Constitution gives us a standard to follow. We cannot define impeachable offenses to a greater degree than the language of the…

— Asa Hutchinson

The aim of every political Constitution, is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to…

— James Madison

The real cost of corruption in government, whether it is local, state, or federal, is a loss of the public trust.

— Mike Quigley

The appointing power of the Pope is treated as a public trust, and not as a personal perquisite.

— Grover Cleveland

The best measure of how a democracy is functioning is how it allocates the goods of the land, the public trust assets.

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

Public trust in both government and corporations is low, and deservedly so.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

The phrase public office is a public trust, has of last become common property.

— Charles Sumner

My first goal as governor is to restore public trust in state government by changing the culture of state government.

— Sonny Perdue

I often say that shareholders should feel very responsible for how responsive corporations are to the public trust.

— Anonymous

Too often, the elected individuals we put our public trust in disappoint us.

— DeRay Mckesson

The public trust is at the core of both a free market economy and a democracy.

— Hillary Clinton

[Imeachable conduct is] misconduct by public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust.

— Alexander Hamilton

At no time have I ever done anything that would betray the public trust.

— John McCain

[N]o religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

— James Madison

When I became governor, I vowed to restore the public's trust.

— Kate Brown

All power is a trust, that we are accountable for its exercise.

— Benjamin Disraeli

I believe that politicians have a public trust to further debates about important issues. I firmly believe that every public debate holds…

— Geert Wilders

Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on.

— Peter Ueberroth