Benjamin Disraeli Quotes

All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust, and that they are to account for their conduct in that trust to the one great Master, Author, and Founder of society.

Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility.

From those to whom much is given, much is expected. I have been given much - the love of my family, the faith and trust of the people of New York, and the chance to lead this state. I am deeply sorry that I did not live up to what was expected of me.

I am the guardian of power, not its owner.

All political power is a trust.

With great powers come great responsibilities; with plenary powers come plenary responsibilities.

He was uniformly of an opinion which, though not a popular one, he was ready to aver, that the right of governing was not property, but a trust.

I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.

There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.

Our people expect the best of us. They send us to take care of the people's business, and those of us who take hold of that responsibility understand that's what it's really about.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

It is a universal and fundamental political principle that the power to protect can safely be confided only to those interested in protecting, or their responsible agents - a maxim not less true in private than in public affairs.

Wealth and power don't go together. Power cannot be brokered. To me, power is responsibility.

We have been given the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders. I do not take that trust for granted, and I never will.

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

Yes, I'm your governor now. I'll take care of you.

All government is a trust. Every branch of government is a trust, and immemorially acknowledged to be so.

Public officers are the trustees of the people.

All empire is no more than power in trust.

If you accept the privilege of public service, you had better understand the responsibilities of public service.

The trust that goes with public service is a heavy burden on those who would lead us.

That I should lay down my charge at a proper period is as much a duty as to have borne it faithfully.

When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.

Some call it power; I prefer to call it responsibility.

Responsibility is the product of definite social arrangements.