Authority Quote by Dorman Bridgeman Eaton

Public office is a public trust.

— Daniel S. Lamont

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

— Charles Sumner

A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public.

— Franklin Knight Lane

Public office must not be a means to profit or become rich.

— King Felipe VI

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

I'm not really a big fan of the idea that getting elected to public office means you get to live lavishly on the taxpayer's…

— John Fetterman

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public…

— Dean Acheson

The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for…

— John C. Calhoun

As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.

— Sheila Jackson Lee

One of the things it's so important for any city government is to have the trust of the public.

— Maya Wiley

Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that 'the public interest'…

— Ayn Rand

You don't run for public office unless you have a specific vision. You are driven by ideas and a vision.

— Julie Nixon Eisenhower