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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The essence of good government is trust.
People's trust in their public institutions depends on their government getting results.
A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained.
All political power is a trust.
A government is for the benefit of all the people.
Now, I learned soon enough, that among the three, two don't trust the third one - the third one is the government. Both industry and unions feel the government is a talking organization and a spending organization.
The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state.
I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above all else, observe the first maxim of good government: namely, do no avoidable harm.
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom.
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.
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