A Quote by Bill Bradley

We have to repair that trust ... I think anytime a public official lies, he undermines his own authority and squanders the public trust.

Bill Bradley

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Bill Bradley
American - Politician
Born: July 28, 1943

Public office is a public trust, the authority and opportunities of which must be used as absolutely as the public moneys for the public benefit, and not for the purposes of any individual or party.

Dorman Bridgeman Eaton

A free society depends upon a high degree of mutual trust. The public will not give that trust to officials who are not seen to be impartially dedicated to the general public interest, nor will they give trust to those high in government who violate the rule of law they ask citizens to obey at the expense of self-interest, or to those who present government as the place where one feathers his own nest, [or] exchanges favors with friends and former associates.

Archibald Cox

If you don't trust the media, they are not going to trust you, and if they don't trust you, it's hard for the public to trust you.

John Hickenlooper

Anyone with a cursory knowledge of American history knows that unchecked spying undermines democracy and public trust.

Ari Melber

What public health really is is a trust. That's why I used the term 'Betrayal of Trust' as the title of my book. It's a trust between the government and the people.

Laurie Garrett

I think a public official ought to follow his conscience as to what is in the public interest, not what will protect his job.

Arlen Specter

As an elected official, I live a very public life. That elected figures live under something of a microscope is perhaps a necessary condition for an informed public, and yet, even as a public official, I maintain very personal documents that are not intended for public view.

Susana Martinez

When political and business leaders tell the public - any public - 'We don't trust you to make the right decision' - they prejudice that electorate against the very proposals they want it to accept and undermine public confidence in themselves.

Preston Manning

The problem is that the American public is suspicious of executive power shrouded in secrecy. In the absence of an official picture of what our government is doing, and by what authority, many in the public fill the void by envisioning the worst.

Jeh Johnson

The process of building trust is an interesting one, but it begins with yourself, with what I call self trust, and with your own credibility, your own trustworthiness. If you think about it, it's hard to establish trust with others if you can't trust yourself.

Stephen Covey

If democracy is to be rebuilt … it is necessary not just for the public to learn to trust their politicians, but for the politicians to learn to trust the public.

Rory Stewart

I think the industry finally gets it. They've lost the connection with the American public, and they've got to rebuild the trust with the American public.

Billy Tauzin

The problem with Egypt is that there is no public trust. There is no trust, period.

Andre Aciman

I'm not asking the public to trust me; I'm asking the public to trust themselves.

Michael Gove

Our challenge is to restore both trust in Labour as a party of government and trust in democracy as the best means of delivering what the public wants.

Jess Phillips

The phrase public office is a public trust, has of last become common property.

Charles Sumner

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