That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have honest purposes in view, any longer than it depends wholly upon voluntary support.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.
People's trust in their public institutions depends on their government getting results.
It is scrutiny by the general public that keeps the powerful honest.
Trust free people and free enterprise as opposed to meddling, burdensome government.
It always matters whether or not you can trust your government.
What we've seen in government for so often is that people have been shady - about their roles, hiding things, not releasing things.
A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.
There has to be a measure of faith. That's what this business is all about: trusting in something that may never show up, that you have no concrete proof of.
Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
The essence of good government is trust.