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The appointing power of the Pope is treated as a public trust,
and not as a personal perquisite.
The appointing power of the Pope is treated as a public trust,
and not as a personal perquisite.
All government is a trust. Every branch of government is a
trust, and immemorially acknowledged to be so.
All government is a trust. Every branch of government is a
trust, and immemorially acknowledged to be so.
The very essence of a free government consists in considering
offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of read more
The very essence of a free government consists in considering
offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country,
and not for the benefit of an individual or a party.
It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of
any till they are first read more
It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of
any till they are first proved and found fit for the business
they are to be entrusted with.
To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be
a king. However, a political read more
To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be
a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely
such, is a great trust.
If you use your office as you would a private trust, and the
moneys as trust funds, if you read more
If you use your office as you would a private trust, and the
moneys as trust funds, if you faithfully perform your duty, we,
the people, may put you in the Presidential chair.
Public office is a public trust, the authority and opportunities
of which must be used as absolutely as the read more
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 English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public
good.
The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public
good.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as
public property.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as
public property.
