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Intrusted by the people for a second time with the office of President, I enter upon its administration appreciating the great responsibilities which attach to this renewed honor and commission, promising unreserved devotion on my part to their faithful discharge and reverently invoking for my guidance the direction and favor of Almighty God.
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Intrusted by the people for a second time with the office of President,
United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches United States. Presidents.
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Intrusted with the duty of taking "care that the laws be faithfully executed," my only desire was that the people of Kansas should furnish to Congress the evidence required by the organic act, whether for or against slavery, and in this manner smooth their passage into the Union.
State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.
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Intrusted with enforcement of police regulations, Ivan soon would abandon plausible theories of individual freedom as Utopian chimeras, not adapted to exigencies of practical civic needs.
Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 Carson Jay Lee
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Intrusted by the people for a second time with the office of President,
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Intrusted only with certain limited powers, cautiously enumerated, distinctly specified, and defined with a precision and clearness which would seem to defy misconstruction, it has been my constant aim to confine myself within the limits so clearly marked out and so carefully guarded.
State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.
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Intrusted as we are, by the votes of our fellow-citizens, with the care and management of their interests, it behooves us to endeavor to merit the confidence reposed in us.
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Intrusted only with certain limited powers, cautiously enumerated, distinctly specified, and defined with a precision and clearness which would seem to defy misconstruction, it has been my constant aim to confine myself within the limits so clearly marked out and so carefully guarded.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 2: Martin Van Buren 1878
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Intrusted with the duty of taking "care that the laws be faithfully executed," my only desire was that the people of Kansas should furnish to Congress the evidence required by the organic act, whether for or against slavery, and in this manner smooth their passage into the Union.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 4: James Buchanan 1878
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Intrusted with no command, and employed only in organizing the forces, or superintending the construction of defences, he had failed to achieve any of those successes in the field which constitute the glory of the soldier.
A Life of Gen Robert E Lee Cooke, John E 1876
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