Daniel S. Lamont quotes

“Public office is a public trust.”
-- Daniel S. Lamont

#Trust Quotes #Office Quotes

“The duty of responsibility placed on any MP is one of the greatest honours that can be bestowed and I for one don't believe the Conservative Party would abuse that trust by selecting someone who did not have the goods to do the job, just for the sake of media coverage.”

“All advertising, whether it lies in the field of business or of politics, will carry success by continuity and regular uniformity of application.”

“Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.”

“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.”

Source : "We need transparency on domestic surveillance" by Al Franken, www.cnn.com. July 23, 2013.

“Why should I trust you? We haven't drunk from the same bowl of soup.”

“Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.”

“I got off the abutment and walked towards my office.”

“Well, the post office is probably not the place you want to go if you want to be infused with patriotism and a renewed sense of vigor.”

“Most of the women who have offered themselves for public office over the years have done so, I believe, more because of the 'dirt' than in spite of it.”

“You should learn to be happy with what you have. Besides, the fact that I'm not a huge star has allowed me to pick and choose the roles I want to do, not the ones some person sitting in a studio office thinks I should do.”