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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Public trust'

8 entries

House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust.

John Boehner, American Politician (1949- )

The power to investigate is a great public trust.

Emanuel Celler, American Politician (1888-1981)

Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust.

Grover Cleveland, American President (1837-1908)

Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.

Bob Etheridge, American Politician (1941- )

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

Thomas Jefferson, American President (1743-1826)

The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.

Irving R. Kaufman, American Judge (1910-1992)

Having been given that public trust, we have a responsibility to share with the public.

Steven Squyres, American Scientist

Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on.

Peter Ueberroth, American Businessman (1937- )

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