Thomas Jefferson Quotes on trust
Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question... view
By: Thomas Jefferson
Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government... view
By: Thomas Jefferson
When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property... view
By: Thomas Jefferson
I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master... view
By: Thomas Jefferson
Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories... view
By: Thomas Jefferson
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny... view
By: Thomas Jefferson