Trust Quotes

7961 Trust quotes by 4010 unique authors

Public office is a public trust, the authority and opportunities of which must be used as absolutely as the public moneys for the public benefit,… — Unknown Author
The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public good. — Thomas B. Macaulay
Treason is greatest where trust is greatest. — John Dryden
Public office is a public trust. — Unknown Author
A usurper always distrusts the whole world. — Vittorio Alfieri
The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society. — Irving Kaufman
I often say that shareholders should feel very responsible for how responsive corporations are to the public trust. — Ruth Simmons
What a museum chooses to exhibit is sometimes less important than how such decisions are made and what values inform them. To have the crucial… — Martin Filler
All officers of the Intelligence Community, and especially its most senior officer, must conduct themselves in a manner that earns and retains the public trust.… — Dennis C. Blair
Calling oneself a hero after making mistakes shouldn't earn public trust. — Mike Medavoy
There are all kinds of devices invented for the protection and preservation of countries: defensive barriers, forts, trenches, and the like... But prudent minds have… — Demosthenes
The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts. — Bergen Evans
That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. — Alexander Haig
Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny — Robert A. Heinlein
It seems foolhardy to assume that the armed state will necessarily be benevolent. The American political tradition is, for good or ill, based in large… — Unknown Author
The sober people of America are weary of the fluctuating policy which has directed the public councils. They have seen with regret and indignation that… — James Madison
To say that subjects in general are not proper judges (of the law) when their governors oppress them and play the tyrant, and when they… — Jonathan Mayhew
Trust is a two way street. If your government does not trust you, how can you trust your government? — Unknown Author
A constitution is not the act of a government, but of a people constituting a government; and government without a constitution is power without a… — Thomas Paine
You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. — Harry S. Truman

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