Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil and still more the man who is indifferent to everything.

—Martha Nussbaum

About Martha Nussbaum

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Martha C. Nussbaum (; née Craven; born May 6, 1947) is an American philosopher and the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, where she is jointly appointed in the law school and the philosophy department.

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But the life that no longer trust another human being and no longer forms ties to the political community is not a human life any longer.

—Martha Nussbaum

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Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.

—Johann K. Lavater

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe… Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.

—Henry Stimson

It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.

—Henry L. Stimson

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough.

—Graham Greene

In a networked world, trust is the most important currency.

—Frank Herbert

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