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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
