Quotes About Accountability

No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.

All too often politicians duck issues for fear of the connotations attached to the subject. Leadership, however, means confronting those issues.

No one ever wants to see his or her name linked to anything bad. Conscience is like a baby. It has to go to sleep before you can.

I have no bad conscience.

I'm constantly having to check my conscience about what I'm writing and the responsibility of what I'm saying.

I try to lead by example, being conscious of others and being responsible.

I take my 'advice and consent' duty as a U.S. senator very seriously.

Every decision you make has a consequence.

I can't take classified information that I get as a senator and give it to someone with no consequence.

Of course Trump thinks he is above the law. For his entire life, he has been able to say and do whatever he felt like saying or doing - not just without consequence, but he has been able to say or do whatever he felt like saying or doing - and rise up all the way to the position of President of the United States.

Everyone needs a consequence to be successful.

Actions have consequences.

Everything we do has consequences.

If you do something, expect consequences.

You can't be ashamed of the work you've done. You make a decision, and then you have to live with the consequences.

I learned that you appreciate what you earn much more than what is given you. I also learned that decisions have consequences.

When I see something that's wrong, I just speak and act first and I'll take the consequences later.

We seek the truth and will endure the consequences.

In this country, if you are supposed to show up in court and you don't go, there are real consequences. A subpoena from Congress is no different.

Mehlis will go all the way and we want to go all the way. These arrests show that no matter how high the perpetrators are, they will face the consequences of what they did.

What you do as president has consequences.

If people are going to do things which have certain consequences that they would rather avoid, they should do whatever they need to avoid the consequences.

I can't worry about the consequences of what I do; that's not my job.

I live with the fact that while I am playing, I am going to give everything I have, and I will live with those consequences.