Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 712 |
| AUTHOR: | Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 |
| QUOTATION: | The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Attributed to |
| SUBJECTS: | Government |