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Quotes About Accountable

As representatives, we are accountable first not to our party, not to our leadership, not to the chief executive, but just to our constituents.
~ Sara Gideon
A President can obstruct justice and Congress has the full right to hold a President accountable for such law-breaking through impeachment. After a President leaves office, I believe they may be held accountable through the courts as well.
~ Joe Sestak
Be attentive, be intelligent, be responsible, be loving, and if necessary, change.
~ Bernard J.F. Lonergan
I'm not really in the excuse business.
~ Bill Parcells
I am a writer, and the duty of a writer is not only to furnish pleasant pursuits for the mind and taste: he will be held accountable if things useful to the soul are not disseminated by his works and if nothing remains after him as a precept for mankind.
~ Nikolai Gogol
You might not be a big fan of politics, but you can still participate. All you need to do is vote for people you believe will work on these issues, and if they don't work the way they should, then it is your responsibility to call them, organize a town hall, and demand that they show up - hold them accountable.
~ Emma Gonzalez
I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
All power is a trust, that we are accountable for its exercise.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
A man who wields a pen has to be accountable to society.
~ Shusaku Endo
The press has a right to go out and write stories... but I think similarly, and what Donald Trump has proven... is that when people are wrong, he's going to hold them accountable, and he's going to correct the record.
~ Sean Spicer
If you have a resolution to go to the gym, it'll be a lot easier if you get a great trainer or get your partner or your work buddy or your best friend to go with you so that you're held accountable to yourself and to that other person.
~ David Kirsch
When our Founders created this great experiment in self-governance, the House of Representatives became, by design, the body closest to the people. We are the most accountable, and we must be the most transparent.
~ Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Let's start therefore with a universal truth: leaders are fundamentally accountable.
~ Peter Cosgrove
Feminism expects a man to be ethical, emotionally present, and accountable to his values in his actions with women — as well as with other men. Feminism loves men enough to expect them to act more honorably and actually believes them capable of doing so.
~ Michael Kimmel
That is one reason the United States will not participate in the new Global Compact on Migration. Migration should not be governed by an international body unaccountable to our own citizens.
~ Michael Knight
I am not irresponsible.
~ Ingrid Betancourt
The resulting Rechtsstaat has been described as a liberal autocracy. It provided strong protections of the rights of its citizens in an impersonal manner, even though these citizens did not have the political right to hold their rulers accountable through elections.
~ Francis Fukuyama
Germany, in other words, developed both a strong state and rule of law early on, well before it developed accountable government.
~ Francis Fukuyama
What does support from me look like?" Not only does it offer the opportunity for clarity and set up the team for success, asking people for specific examples of what supportive behaviors look like—and what they do not look like—it also holds them accountable for asking for what they need.
~ Brene Brown
We're going to restructure the state government into a government that's responsive to the needs of New York state taxpayers.
~ Carl Paladino
I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team.
~ Steve Ballmer
In terms of overall transformation plan ownership, we recommend a sole accountable party.
~ Karen Martin
business requirements should come from the person who is ultimately accountable for the business value expected from the product. User requirements should come from people who will press the keys, touch the screen, or receive the outputs.
~ Karl E. Wiegers
The press is the only institution that is truly accountable. The founding fathers put the First Amendment first for a reason.
~ Rupert Murdoch