Anyone who believes in the essential role government can play in improving people's lives must also be the toughest critics of those who abuse the public trust.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The essence of good government is trust.
If you have faith in the public sector, as I do, you must be the harshest critic of corruption, waste and fraud in government.
Public trust in both government and corporations is low, and deservedly so.
We must never take the public's trust for granted - our predecessors worked hard to earn it, and it is our responsibility to continually earn that trust.
People's trust in their public institutions depends on their government getting results.
Public trust is essential to public safety.
All political power is a trust.
The fundamental challenge is that people like me simply do not trust the federal government any longer.
People don't trust government, they don't trust Wall Street, they don't trust the church, they don't trust the media.
When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man's baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any government.
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