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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 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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.