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The essence of good government is trust. -- Kathleen Sebelius
It always matters whether or not you can trust your government. -- Trey Gowdy
People don't trust the federal government as it relates to health care. -- Mike Conaway
Public trust in both government and corporations is low, and deservedly so. -- Rebecca MacKinnon
Trust free people and free enterprise as opposed to meddling, burdensome government. -- George Allen
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I became a Republican because I trust people more than I trust government. -- Heather Wilson
Canada I don't trust. The Canadian government hates me more than the Japanese. -- Paul Watson
Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government. -- Thomas Jefferson
To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
People don't place their trust in government or company pension plans; they have to be self-reliant. -- Scott D. Cook
I was a guy who trusted the government. Now, I don't trust a damn thing they do. -- Steven Hatfill
You have to trust your government. Don't let every scar, every wart, every hiccup condemn the whole body. -- Salman Khurshid
You see that's what I think is such a terrible, terrible betrayal, the trust that people have in government. -- Ralph Steadman
People don't trust government, they don't trust Wall Street, they don't trust the church, they don't trust the media. -- Donna Brazile
Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. -- Thomas Jefferson
I think there are certain folks in Missouri that don't trust government. And they haven't trusted government for a long time. -- Claire McCaskill
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. -- Henry Clay
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 trust my government. I actually have a trust for my government with my data, and I trust them to protect me. They've protected me - they've made the best efforts to protect me my whole life. -- Ashton Kutcher
Love your country, but never trust its government. -- Robert A. Heinlein
I don't trust a government I can't shoot back at -- Claire Wolfe
Always love your country - but never trust your government! -- Robert Novak
I trust the federal government not to trample on civil liberties. -- Tucker Carlson
Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns. -- Benjamin Franklin
When government misleads the country about a terrorist attack, that erodes trust. -- Paul Ryan
On government & unions: the only thing worse than blind trust is blind mistrust. -- Andy Hargreaves
The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements. -- J. William Fulbright
People don't place their trust in government or company pension plans; they have to be self-reliant. -- Scott D. Cook
The fundamental challenge is that people like me simply do not trust the federal government any longer. -- Chris Stewart
As a Coalition Government, we inherited a legacy of lack of trust and confidence in political system. -- Andrew Lansley
Only a government that does not trust its citizens would refuse them the right to bear arms. -- Curt Weldon
A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted. -- Niccolo Machiavelli
I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
All government is a trust. Every branch of government is a trust, and immemorially acknowledged to be so. -- Jeremy Bentham
...When the government goes into the business of destroying trust, it goes into the business of destroying itself. -- Arthur Miller
Trust is a two way street. If your government does not trust you, how can you trust your government? -- Bruce Montague
A government that does not trust it's law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms is itself unworthy of trust. -- James Madison
I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the publics trust. -- Mike Quigley
I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the public's trust. -- Mike Quigley
Let's stop big government energy mandates like cap-and-trade, and instead trust the American innovator to make us energy independent. -- Marco Rubio
When I was quite young, I put my trust in God--not government; and I never get the two confused. -- Bob Dole
It will follow that that government ought to be clothed with all powers requisite to complete execution of its trust. -- Alexander Hamilton
My parents are big liberals and taught us to never trust a government that rids their people of basic human rights. -- Andrea Suarez Paz
I think leadership of any kind requires trust and transparency and voters should demand no less from their political leadership in government. -- Carly Fiorina
It's no coincidence that trust in government is at an all-time low now that the size of government is at an all-time high. -- Paul Ryan
Unless government appropriately regulates oil developments and holds oil executives accountable, the public will not trust them to drill, baby, drill. And we must! -- Sarah
Resolution Trust Company was set up to liquidate a bunch of assets that the government had inherited because the savings and loans went broke. -- Warren Buffett
Obviously if there are guns on the street there's going to be more violence. That being said, I happen not to trust the government. -- Slaine
The Federal Reserve and Congress have systematically taught the American people to trust the government and that caution in spending is harmful to the economy. -- Ron Paul
Is there any wonder why we are in such big trouble? Any question why the people don't trust their government anymore, and demand a change? -- Chris Christie
The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
President Obama trusts in the wisdom of government. I put my trust in the ingenuity and creativity and commitment to hard work of the American people. -- Mitt Romney
Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a basis of mutual trust and helpfulness. -- Fred Woodworth
People are rapidly losing hope and trust. They believe their government has been captured by special interests and no longer cares about them, and they are right. -- Marcy Kaptur
[Government] regulation is an imperfect substitute for the accountability, and trust, built into a market in which food producers meet the gaze of eaters and vice versa. -- Michael Pollan
The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on them. -- J. William Fulbright
I don't trust this [american] government to be regulating corporations. I trust big business to be regulated [by itself] and to be a party to a decent solution. -- Ezra Klein
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. -- John Adams
When taxes are too high, people go hungry. When the government is too intrusive, people lose their spirit. Act for the people's benefit. Trust them; leave them alone. -- Laozi
Self-certification may look like a small vision but there cannot be a greater decision for a Government to trust the honesty of the 1.25 billion people of the country. -- Narendra Modi
No government can be trusted, that does not trust its own people with military-style arms of greater weight and power than those possessed by the central government itself. -- Vin Suprynowicz
This Federal Reserve Act establishes the most gigantic trust on earth. When the President (Wilson) signs this bill the invisible government of the Monetary Power will be legalized. -- Charles August Lindbergh
I don't trust the church or the government, and anything the church or the government tells me I assume to be a lie or a conspiracy, until proven true. -- Killer Mike
National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account. -- Al Franken
Prior to email, our private correspondence was secured by a government institution called the postal service. Today, we trust AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, or Gmail with our private utterances. -- John Battelle

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