Public Confidence Quotes
He addressed the Prince in the Royal 3rd person “the Prince” instead of saying “You”, the 2nd more familiar person. “Stadtholder” meant Chief Executive and Ruler. Bentinck was the Stadtholder of a Province. Prince William was Stadtholder of all of Holland. Bentinck was one of the few politicians who could and would be so candid with the Stadtholder whose cronies and friends were aristocrats who had much damaged the state and were very unpopular. William did not act and died shortly thereafter. The House of Orange and the Orangists, despite strong English support, were turned out in the Dutch Revolution.
We live in a time where people are losing confidence in the ability of Government to solve problems.
The public confidence in government had hit an historical low during the administration of George W. Bush during which his administration was riddled with ideologues who had little competence and less inclination to solve problems. However even in those cases where the Bush administration wanted to succeed, they usually failed producing such fiascos as Hurricane Katrina, the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq, shipping nuclear weapons components my mistake to Taiwan, illegal disclosure of the identity of CIA covert agents, and others.
