Dorman Bridgman Eaton Quote

Public office is a public trust, the authority and opportunities of which must be used as absolutely as the public moneys for the public benefit, and not for the purposes of any individual or party.


The "spoils" System and Civil Service Reform in the Custom-house and Post-office at New York (ed. 1881)


Public office is a public trust, the authority and opportunities of which must be used as absolutely as the public moneys for the public benefit, and ...

Public office is a public trust, the authority and opportunities of which must be used as absolutely as the public moneys for the public benefit, and ...

Public office is a public trust, the authority and opportunities of which must be used as absolutely as the public moneys for the public benefit, and ...

Public office is a public trust, the authority and opportunities of which must be used as absolutely as the public moneys for the public benefit, and ...