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Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are
trustees; and both the trust and the trustees read more
Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are
trustees; and both the trust and the trustees are created for the
benefit of the people.
Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to
execute laws which the people have made and read more
Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to
execute laws which the people have made and within the limits of
a constitution which they have established.
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.
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.
All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise;
that from the people and for the read more
All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise;
that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must
exist.
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.
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.
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.
