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- 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. Henry Clay.
- Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government. Thomas Jefferson. Trust, Freedom, Educational.
- When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property. Thomas Jefferson. Trust, Truth, Men.
- 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.
Jun 24, 2024 · Public Trust in Government: 1958-2024. Public trust in the federal government, which has been low for decades, has increased modestly since 2023. As of April 2024, 22% of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do what is right “just about always” (2%) or “most of the time” (21%). Last year, 16% said they trusted the ...
Jun 26, 2022 · 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. Henry Clay , speech at Lexington (May 16, 1829). 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.
- Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. The only way they can inherit the freedom we have known is if we fight for it, protect it, defend it, and then hand it to them with the well fought lessons of how they in their lifetime must do the same.
- One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. It’s very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project.
- If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth. And this idea that government is beholden to the people, that it has no other source of power except to sovereign people, is still the newest and most unique idea in all the long history of man's relation to man.
- Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. – 1965.
Oct 29, 2024 · If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal. – Emma Goldman. Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others. – Winston Churchill. In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. – Napoleon Bonaparte. “The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”. – Plato.
Mere good governance is not enough; it has to be pro-people and pro-active. Good governance is putting people at the center of development process. Narendra Modi. People, India, Development. 13 Copy quote. People's participation is the essence of good governance. Narendra Modi. Essence, People, India. 13 Copy quote.
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Jan 9, 2020 · Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more) “If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost.”
