Clear Quote by Bob Etheridge

Public office is a public trust.

— Daniel S. Lamont

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

— Dorman Bridgeman Eaton

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

— Charles Sumner

Surely anyone who has ever been elected to public office understands that one commodity above all others, namely the trust and confidence of the…

— Hubert H. Humphrey

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

— Mike Quigley

The new political gospel: public office is private graft.

— Mark Twain

The power to investigate is a great public trust.

— Emanuel Celler

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

— Bill Bradley

I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that's come about for a whole variety of…

— Theresa May

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

— DeRay Mckesson

It is a misfortune incident to republican government, though in a less degree than to other governments, that those who administer it, may forget…

— James Madison

During my two terms serving the good people of New Hampshire's First District, I always worked for what I call the bottom 99% of…

— Carol Shea-Porter