The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is to trust him and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him.
The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.
The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.
The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.