Quotes About Culpability

There's no accountability anymore, Pierce, no one holds anyone accountable for what they do. It's always someone else's fault. Usually people just blame the victim.

Criminal conspiracy requires not only that the conspirators know that a crime is going to be committed, but that they knowingly intend to help each other commit the crime - and then commit certain overt acts in connection with that conspiracy.

However, the outcome is inconsistent with the general principle that people should not be punished in the absence of culpability, since one who acts on the basis of a reasonable mistake of law lacks moral blameworthiness.

Hagas lo que hagas, te equivocarás. Y cuando crezca, te echará la culpa de todos sus problemas y defectos

Guilty . . . guilty . . . guilty . . . guilty . . .

In the search for culpability for the tragedy in Ferguson, I mostly blame politicians.

Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.

The most intriguing part about felony is that, in the end, no matter what, it falls right back on you. You cannot elude it. You cannot dupe it.

Every sin is the result of a collaboration.

If you are a real leader, every single thing is your fault.

You've got to deny, deny, deny and push back on these women," he said. "If you admit to anything and any culpability, then you're dead. That was a big mistake you made. You didn't come out guns blazing and just challenge them. You showed weakness. You've got to be strong. You've got to be aggressive. You've got to push back hard. You've got to deny anything that's said about you. Never admit.

The person who commits an action is the one responsible for it, not the people he commits the action upon.

Why would a man not argue his own shameful culpability, why would he not crave responsibility for disaster, when the alternative was to feel himself to be nothing more than a speck of human dust?

Irgendwer muss ja schuld sein.

You can only avoid responsibility for so long. The catalyst ended up being the law coming down and finally saying, 'You guys suspended judgement and that's fine, because we're not.'

Responsible, who wants to be responsible? Whenever something bad happens, it's always, who's responsible for this?

Batterers aren't renowned for taking responsibility for their abusiveness, Sam. They tend to shed blame like a snake molts.

It may be that in the belief of the possibility of redemption, people willingly do wrong. Redemption waits, like a side door, there in whatever court of judgement we eventually find ourselves. Not even the payment of a fine is demanded, simply the empty negotiation that absolves responsibility. A shaking of hands and off one goes, through that side door, with the judge benignly watching on. Culpability and consequences neatly evaded.

Consider this a warning. Liars will lie, and continue to do so, even beyond being caught out. They will lie, and in time, such liars will convince themselves, will in all self-righteousness divest the liars of culpability.

Se un uomo fosse responsabile solo di ciò di cui è cosciente, gli idioti sarebbero assolti da in anticipo da qualsiasi colpa

Even if it's not your fault, it's your responsibility.

When everything goes wrong in our lives, it's natural to look around for someone -or something- to blame.

All my sins were trapped between its covers. And the damn thing just wouldn't go away. I'd tried to escape culpability, and my culpability had had the nerve to take on a life of its own and hunt me.

We were keeping a tally of who is to blame and how much. Shawn was at the top and Sarah wasn't far behind.