 | Robert McNutt McElroy - Clevel, Grover, Press.U.S., 1837-1908 - 1923 - 820 pages
...trust." In accepting the nomination as Governor of New York, he had phrased the idea even more clumsily: "Public officers are the servants and agents of the...limits of a constitution which they have established." Clearly none of these sentences could serve as a headline. Therefore, writes Hudson, "I went at the... | |
 | Democracy - 1941 - 120 pages
...fact that fanaticism armed with power is the sorest evil that can befall a nation.—Historic saying. Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made.—drover Cleveland (1882). Suffrage The elective franchise, if... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - Education - 1942 - 678 pages
...that fanaticism armed with power is the sorest evil that can befall a nation. — Historic saying. Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made. — Graver Cleveland (1882). Suffrage The elective franchise,... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - Education - 1942 - 694 pages
...that fanaticism armed with power is the sorest evil that can befall a nation. — Historic saying. Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made. — Orurer Cleveland (1882). Suffrage The elective franchise,... | |
 | Alyn Brodsky - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 529 pages
...fellow citizens, holding their funds in sacred trust"); and when accepting the nomination for governor ("Public officers are the servants and agents of the...limits of a constitution which they have established"). From these sentiments Hudson created the phrase "Public Office Is a Public Trust," and took it to Cleveland... | |
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... of the popular will. When by fraud, intimidation, or any other questionable practice, the voice of the people is here smothered, a direct blow is aimed at a most precious right, and one which the law should be swift to protect. If the primary election... 
