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Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country - and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians.
Charles Krauthammer
Journalist · American · b. 1950
Who would not rather trust and be deceived?
Eliza Cook
Poet · English · 1818 – 1889
This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment.
Jim Jeffords
Politician · American · b. 1934
We have an opportunity, but we have an obligation to senior citizens and to the younger people who are entering the workforce today to help ensure that they are going to be able to trust the government to have a workable program that benefits them as well.
Thad Cochran
Politician · American · b. 1937
Trust me, you have to fight. When people are wrong, you've got to let them know it.
Orlando Cepeda
Trust is a great force multiplier.
Tom Ridge
Politician · American · b. 1946
Trust in God - she will provide.
Emmeline Pankhurst
Activist · English · 1858 – 1928
Well, the whole story is in the book, but the short answer is that I was the first information architect in an organization that was traditionally design-oriented, and I felt I needed a tool to help me gain the trust and support of my colleagues.
Jesse James Garrett
Businessman · American
All political power is a trust.
Charles James Fox
Politician · English · 1749 – 1806
And queenly is the state she keeps, In beauty's lofty trust secure.
William Allen Butler
The problem with not having a camera is that one must trust the analysis of a reporter who's telling you what occurred in the courtroom. You have to take into consideration the filtering effect of that person's own biases.
Lance Ito
Judge · American · b. 1950
Experience has taught me never to trust a policeman. Just when you think one's all right, he turns legit.
Ben Maddow
Mr. Speaker, the Delaware River deepening project is important for my constituents, for our region and for the entire nation. I trust that, when they examine the facts about it, every one of my colleagues will join me in supporting it.
Robert Brady
Politician · American · b. 1945
I am honored that my freshman class colleagues have put their trust in me to represent our historic class at the leadership table. The incoming freshman class of Representatives is large and diverse but we share many common goals including cutting wasteful spending, getting our economy back on track and making government smarter and more efficient.
Kristi Noem
Politician · American · b. 1971
As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?
John Trumbull
Artist · American · 1756 – 1843
Gentlemen, I fervently trust that before long the principle of arbitration may win such confidence as to justify its extension to a wider field of international differences.
Henry Campbell Bannerman
d. 1908
It is a sore point, because you do have advantages if you have access to more than one language. You also have problems, because on bad days you don't trust yourself, either in your first or your second language, and so you feel like a complete halfwit.
W. G. Sebald
Writer · German · 1944 – 2001
I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust.
Geronimo
Statesman · Apache · 1829 – 1909
Your political reputation affects how likely allies are to trust you, and what kind of deals they'll offer at the negotiating table. There's also some emotional response in there, so factions do bear grudges. Just like the real thing.
Mike Simpson
Politician · American · b. 1950
God does not require you to follow His leadings on blind trust. Behold the evidence of an invisible intelligence pervading everything, even your own mind and body.
Raymond Holliwell
I was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners.
John H. Speke
You always have certain strengths and certain weaknesses, and you want to compensate for your weaknesses... I have a real duty to earn the trust of the faculty. I don't just deserve it. I have to earn it.
Erskine Bowles
Businessman · American · b. 1945
Because Microsoft seems to sometimes not trust customer choice, they salt XP with all these little gizmos and trap doors to get people to try Microsoft stuff. But the reality is that we're downloading more players than we ever have on a worldwide basis.
Rob Glaser
Businessman · American · b. 1962
And it sends an important message to me, because I am sick to death to hear my opponent saying Republicans don't trust me. They do trust me, in landslide proportions, and they're proving it tonight. We're going to bury that for good.
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Politician · American · b. 1933
Seeing that our thirst was increasing and the water was killing us, while the storm did not abate, we agreed to trust to God, Our Lord, and rather risk the perils of the sea than wait there for certain death from thirst.
Alvar N. C. de Vaca
Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being.
Catherine Deneuve
Actress · French · b. 1943
When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.
Vincent D'Onofrio
Actor · American · b. 1959
To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Actor · Austrian · b. 1947
Keep the faith, don't lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct.
Paula Abdul
Musician · American · b. 1962
People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that life has a road mapped out for you.
Orlando Bloom
Actor · English · b. 1977
We realized that the only persons we can truly trust in this world is each other and our families.
Marion Jones
Athlete · American · b. 1975
Me, I'm dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for.
Johnny Depp
Actor · b. 1963
I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got to have trust on both sides.
Thomas Haden Church
Actor · American · b. 1961
You can't just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you.
Estelle Parsons
Actress · American · b. 1927
And when I retired, trust me, not only did Nolan Ryan, but the entire Ryan family had withdrawals from baseball. And it was tough.
Nolan Ryan
Athlete · American · b. 1947
This thing is for the game of golf, yeah, but trust me, the Europeans don't have that mentality.
Payne Stewart
Athlete · American · 1957 – 1999
I don't trust the Bee Gee's because there's no way they could always be happy.
Jon Crosby
Musician · American · b. 1976
Jim Bakker came along. He said, Jessica Hahn, listen. You're a virgin. As God as my witness. He said, We need a girl that we can trust.
Jessica Hahn
Celebrity · American · b. 1959
It's not that I don't believe in miracles, but I never quite trust that they're real.
Mariel Hemingway
Actress · American · b. 1961
I look for people who're passionate, dedicated to the text, and in whom I trust completely.
Greta Scacchi
Actress · Italian · b. 1960
The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become.
Gisele Bundchen
Model · Brazilian · b. 1980
Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
Arthur Ashe
Athlete · American · 1943 – 1993
Feeding is a very important ritual for me. I don't trust people who don't like to eat.
Gina Gershon
Actress · American · b. 1962
You can trust a Neil Simon script. Every dot. Every dash; that pause means something. He takes all the jokes out, practically.
Hector Elizondo
Actor · American · b. 1936
You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
W. C. Fields
Comedian · American · 1880 – 1946
I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano.
Ethel Merman
Musician · American · 1908 – 1984
Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
James Dean
Actor · 1931 – 1955
Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on.
Billy Connolly
Comedian · Scottish · b. 1942