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  • There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

    'Notes for an Oration at Braintree' (Spring 1772)
  • All must admit that the reception of the teachings of Christ results in the purest patriotism, in the most scrupulous fidelity to public trust, and in the best type of citizenship.

    Grover Cleveland (1909). “Addresses, State Papers and Letters”
  • Calling oneself a hero after making mistakes shouldn't earn public trust.

    Trust   Mistake   Hero  
    "When Did Education and Intellect Become Political Negatives?" by Michael Medavoy, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 9, 2008.
  • The best measure of how a democracy is functioning is how it allocates the goods of the land, the public trust assets.

    Land   Democracy   Assets  
    Source: www.motherjones.com
  • Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

    William Shakespeare (1826). “Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.226
  • I have never, not once, violated my public trust.

  • A man of abilities and character, of any sect whatever, may be admitted to any office of public trust under the United States.

  • The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.

  • There's going to be a new code on Parliament Hill: bend the rules, you will be punished; break the law, you will be charged; abuse the public trust, you will go to prison.

    Trust   Government   Law  
  • Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.

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

    Millard Fillmore (1970). “Millard Fillmore Papers”
  • Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

    Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.106, Rowman & Littlefield
  • There is no cause half so sacred as the cause of the people. There is no idea so uplifting as the idea of the service of humanity.

    Trust   Uplifting   Ideas  
    Woodrow Wilson (1956). “A Crossroads of Freedom: The 1912 Campaign Speeches”
  • William McKinley has left us a priceless gift in the example of a useful and pure life, in his fidelity to public trusts and in his demonstration of the value of kindly virtues that not only ennoble but lead to success.

  • They still have negligent auditing, they still have things going for a walk, and they have no idea where they're coming from and they have no idea where they're going. And if that's the case, how can we as the public trust the NSA with all of our information, with all of our private records, the permanent record of our lives?

    Nsa   Ideas   Records  
    www.wired.com.
  • The people of America care about baseball, not about your squalid little squabbles. Reassume your dignity and remember that you (players during the 1981 strike) are the temporary custodians of an enduring public trust.

    "Baseball's lesson for Washington" by Bob Greene, www.cnn.com. October 14, 2013.
  • I think every doctor should know the shocking state of affairs...We discovered they (the FDA) failed to effectively regulate the large manufacturers and powerful interests while recklessly persecuting the small manufacturers. ...(The FDA is) harassing (small) manufacturers and doctors...(and) betrays the public trust.

  • I think the entire pharmaceutical industry has a lot of work to do to restore public trust.

    "Big Pharma's Delicate Dance on Drug Prices". Interview with Peter Loftus, www.wsj.com. February 21, 2016.
  • Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust.

    Grover Cleveland, United States. President (1885-1889 : Cleveland), United States. President (1893-1897 : Cleveland) (1968). “Grover Cleveland, 1837-1908: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”
  • Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made.

    Law   People   Agents  
    Grover Cleveland (1909). “Addresses, State Papers and Letters”
  • 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, and not for the purposes of any individual or party.

    "The "Spoils" System and Civil Service Reform". Book by Dorman Bridgeman Eaton, Chapter III. The Merit System,
  • The truth was that all men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

    James Madison's notes on the debates in the Federal Convention, avalon.law.yale.edu. July 11, 1787.
  • All the money was spent for the 'Concept Plan' document, which made reasonable recommendations for developments. Now that's kind of being forgotten. That's why I think the public trust is being betrayed.

  • Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on.

  • House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust.

    House   Support   Leader  
  • Public office is a public trust.

    Motto of Pamphlet, 1884.
  • I gather that a lot of the "pots" in the great museum in Baghdad, which we allowed to be looted and then gutted, are now for sale to the highest bidder on the art and archeology black market. This is good capitalism, I guess, while a museum, being a public trust and accessible to all, is anticapitalist, pretty damn near socialist in fact.

    Art   Museums   Black  
    Source: www.guernicamag.com
  • The Constitution gives us a standard to follow. We cannot define impeachable offenses to a greater degree than the language of the Constitution. But we all agree the issue is the public trust. Our duty is not to punish anyone. And our challenge is to avoid pettiness.

    "Transcript: House Judiciary Committee meeting", www.cnn.com. October 5, 1998.
  • The public trusts big data way too much.

    Data   Too Much   Way  
    Source: www.salon.com
  • I often say that shareholders should feel very responsible for how responsive corporations are to the public trust.

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