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Quote by Vittorio Alfieri

“A usurper always distrusts the whole world.”

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Vittorio Alfieri was an Italian dramatist born on January 16, 1749, and died on October 8, 1803. His works had a profound impact on 19th-century drama. more

“What a museum chooses to exhibit is sometimes less important than how such decisions are made and what values inform them. To have the crucial role of museum professionals usurped by self-serving tycoons in the name of economic imperative threatens not only the integrity of individual institutions but the very principle of art held in public trust.”

“All officers of the Intelligence Community, and especially its most senior officer, must conduct themselves in a manner that earns and retains the public trust. The American people are uncomfortable with government activities that do not take place in the open, subject to public scrutiny and review.”

People Government Community Subjects Trust Activity Uncomfortable Reviews Officers Senior Scrutiny Public Trust Intelligence Community

Author:Dennis C. Blair

“Calling oneself a hero after making mistakes shouldn't earn public trust.”

Mistake Trust Hero Calling Oneself Making Mistakes Public Trust

Author:Mike Medavoy

“There are all kinds of devices invented for the protection and preservation of countries: defensive barriers, forts, trenches, and the like... But prudent minds have as a natural gift one safeguard which is the common possession of all, and this applies especially to the dealings of democracies. What is this safeguard? Skepticism. This you must preserve. This you must retain. If you can keep this, you need fear no harm.”

Ifs Needs Mind Kind Country Natural Common Democracy Trust Possession Protection Harm All Kinds Preserves Barriers Devices Skepticism Preservation Prudent Dealings Trenches Forts Natural Gifts

Author:Demosthenes

“The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts.”

Men Facts Wisdom Moral Trust Demand Claims Statements Obligation Civilized Skeptical Moral Obligation Credentials

Author:Bergen Evans

“That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude.”

Government Lying Trust Propaganda Misrepresentation

Author:Alexander Haig

“Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny”

Trust Tyranny Secrecy

Book:Time Enough for Love

Source: Time Enough for Love

“It seems foolhardy to assume that the armed state will necessarily be benevolent. The American political tradition is, for good or ill, based in large measure on a healthy mistrust of the state.”

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Author:Sanford Levinson

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