Today's quotes: President Anthony Carmona

"I Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona, do swear by Almighty God that I will bear true faith and allegiance to Trinidad and Tobago and to the best of my ability, preserve and defend the Constitution and the law, that I will conscientiously and impartially discharge the functions of President and will devote myself to the service and well-being of the people of
Trinidad and Tobago."

Quotes from the President's inaugural speech:

"As President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, my remit is wider and greater for I have sworn to preserve the Constitution and the law and to devote myself to the service and well-being of the people of Trinidad and Tobago... 

"This I shall do without compromise and reservation, holding fast to the following fundamentals: integrity, transparency, inclusiveness, accountability and reverence to God Almighty...

“We have become a highly undisciplined society and there must be a wider acceptance of personal responsibility for one’s action. Let me make it clear that being responsible and accountable does not only apply to only persons in high places but whatever their sphere of influence to the citizenry...

"Being responsible and accountable does not only apply to people in high places, to Ministers of Government and other elected officials. Our leaders are all those persons who command positions of influence in our society. 

"Whatever, their sphere of influence, it is the right and duty of you, the citizenry, they are responsible and accountable in the exercise of their functions. Yet, one cannot justly demand that those in authority be disciplined, responsible, accountable, and not invoke the same standards in our daily lives."
-President Anthony Carmona - Inaugiration speech - 18 March 2013

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