Thomas Paine Quotes about Trust

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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

Thomas Paine

Trust, Men, Accountability

Thomas Paine, Bruce Kuklick (2000). “Paine: Political Writings”, p.100, Cambridge University Press

A constitution is not the act of a government, but of a people constituting a government; and government without a constitution is power without a right. All power exercised over a nation, must have some beginning. It must be either delegated, or assumed. There are not other sources. All delegated power is trust, and all assumed power is usurpation. Time does not alter the nature and quality of either.

Thomas Paine

Trust, Government, People

Thomas Paine, Mark Philp (2008). “Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings”, p.238, Oxford University Press