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 Copy Share Image
The prosecution [of impeachments], will seldom fail to agitate the passions of the whole community, and to divide it into parties more… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Nothing could be a more serious violation of public trust than to consciously make a war based on false claims. — Wesley Clark Copy Share Image
“James Madison, the author of the First Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting any law respecting an establishment of religion, was also an… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“That the petitioner No. 2 is the founder President of an Institution, namely, “ Institute for Re-writing Indian (and World) History “.… — Yogesh Saxena Copy Share Image
The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
We have to repair that trust ... I think anytime a public official lies, he undermines his own authority and squanders the… — Bill Bradley Copy Share Image
The appointing power of the Pope is treated as a public trust, and not as a personal perquisite. — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
The phrase public office is a public trust, has of last become common property. — Charles Sumner Copy Share Image
I gather that a lot of the "pots" in the great museum in Baghdad, which we allowed to be looted and then… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Public health relies on public trust. Admitting mistakes and explaining prompt corrective actions engender that trust. — Leana S. Wen Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I will never take a day off policing the people we pay and keep a public trust with. I will use my… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
Having been given that public trust, we have a responsibility to share with the public. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All government is a trust. Every branch of government is a trust, and immemorially acknowledged to be so. — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
The people of America care about baseball, not about your squalid little squabbles. Reassume your dignity and remember that you (players during… — A. Bartlett Giamatti Copy Share Image
All officers of the Intelligence Community, and especially its most senior officer, must conduct themselves in a manner that earns and retains… — Dennis C. Blair Copy Share Image
Public trust in both government and corporations is low, and deservedly so. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
What a museum chooses to exhibit is sometimes less important than how such decisions are made and what values inform them. To… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
There is no greater breach of the public trust than knowingly misleading the country into war. In a democracy, we simply cannot… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“She said that too.” His voice was low key and modest. The accent, which was not very pronounced, had the gentle burr… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not… — Millard Fillmore Copy Share Image
[N]o religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States. — James Madison Copy Share Image
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