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- The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.
- Collins
- I think all of our human Experience shows that no one with absolute power can be trusted to give it up even in part
- Louis D. Brandeis (1856 - 1941)
- Hoaxes are nothing new. News media isn't hard to fool. It's fun to fool and people like to mess with people. It all goes to show you that we're not all that hard to fool. I think we should just accept that and trust people anyway.
- Hank Green, Vlogbrothers, The Top 10 Greatest Hoaxes of All Time, 10-22-09
- Our hearts can deceive us. Our hearts cannot reason. They cannot judge a man's character. All they can do is see a man and think, 'There is a fine specimen. He is handsome and attentive. He will father healthy children.' It is only our mind that we can trust. Our mind can catch him in lies. Our mind can fathom his honesty and honor.
- Laura Moncur (1969 - ), The Secret Heart of Charlotte Lucas, 2014
- Trust in Allah, but tie your camel.
- Old Muslim Proverb
- The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered... deeply, ...finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.
- George Washington (1732 - 1799), First Inaugural Address, Apr. 30, 1789
- We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), Fourth Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1945
- Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.
- David Broder
- Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a wooden gong. With trust, words become life itself.
- John Harold
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