Quotes about Distrust

Well, I've had a very bad time, Nick, and I'm pretty cynical about everything.

You wouldn't have to do any business with Wolfsheim." Evidently he thought that I was shying away from the "gonnegtion" mentioned at lunch, but I assured him he was wrong.

Trust, But Verify...Ronald Reagan

See a charmer and you're bound to see a snake nearby

A 'no' does not hide anything, but a 'yes' very easily becomes a deception.

There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.

In God we trust, all others we virus scan.

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

I never intended to marry - because I've never met a man I could trust. She raised her head slowly. I trust you, Matthias.

Brummel was a man somewhere in his thirties, single, a one-time hotshot city cop with a big buck lifestyle that belied his policeman's salary. He always came on like a likable guy, but Marshall never really trusted him. Come to think of it, he didn't like him that much either. Too much teeth showing for no reason.

I wrote the Dune series because I had this idea that charismatic leaders ought to come with a warning label on their forehead: May be dangerous to your health. One of the most dangerous presidents we had in this century was John Kennedy because people said Yes Sir Mr. Charismatic Leader what do we do next? and we wound up in Vietnam. And I think probably the most valuable president of this century was Richard Nixon. Because he taught us to distrust government and he did it by example.

For the Word of God is not received by faith if it flits about in the top of the brain, but when it takes root in the depth of the heart... the heart's distrust is greater than the mind's blindness. It is harder for the heart to be furnished with assurance [of God's love] than for the mind to be endowed with thought.