Public trust Quote by Robert J. Rayback

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

— Millard Fillmore

“After all, if you can't trust governments, whom can you trust?”

— Terry Pratchett

“A real politician, and these were real politicians, never betrays his country to an outsider. He betrays it to himself. He is the enemy…

— Guy Endore

“When a man gets into his head an idea that the public voice calls for him, it is astonishing how great becomes his trust…

— Anthony Trollope

“A government or an administration, who means and acts honestly, has nothing to fear, and consequently has nothing to conceal;”

— Thomas Paine

“Sometimes the fate of an entire nation can hinge on the integrity of one man.”

— Mark Bowden

Today the man who is the real risk-taker is anonymous and nonheroic. He is the one trying to make institutions work.

— John William Ward

“We must hold to a rigid accountability those public servants who show unfaithfulness to the interests of the nation or inability to rise to…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“You cannot trust a man with your money who cannot take care of his own.”

— Russell H. Conwell

“if men are too blind to govern themselves, how can they be trusted to govern others?”

— Philip K. Dick

“The man who is known, and has the confidence of the public, can, if he does not allow himself to be fooled by his…

— Booker T. Washington