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"In spite of the haze of speculation, it is still something of a shock to find myself here, coming to terms with an enormous trust placed in my hands and with the inevitable sense of inadequacy that goes with that."
"We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future."
"The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust."
"In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend."
"Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence."
"Frankness invites frankness."
"Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth."
"When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property."
"Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust."
"Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people."
"I learned something from that. If someone asks me something that I really don't want to do, I say no. I have to trust that. And I'm not afraid to talk money."
"When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts - that's when I get in trouble."
"Trust is built on telling the truth, not telling people what they want to hear."
"To pursue success effectively, you must build supportive relationships that will help you work toward your goals. To build those relationships, you need to trust others; and to earn their trust, you in turn must learn to be trustworthy."
"He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great."
"Don't trust people who don't laugh. I don't."
"She had learned, in the slums of her childhood, that honest people were never touchy about the matter of being trusted."
"There's no trust, No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers."
"The highest compact we can make with our fellow is - "Let there be truth between us two forevermore.""
"Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust."
