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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.
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.
Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, under the
same high sanction, though in a different sphere, read more
Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, under the
same high sanction, though in a different sphere, exercises a
public trust.
All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly
and awfully impressed with an idea that they read more
All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly
and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust, and
that they are to account for their conduct in that trust to the
one great Master, Author, and Founder of society.
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.
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.
The phrase "public office is a public trust," has of last become
common property.
The phrase "public office is a public trust," has of last become
common property.
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.
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.
