Quotes About Accountability

Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.

The intelligence community, for the most part, has no accountability at all; to the Congress, to us the American people, and so they feel that they above the law.

Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.

My experience is that our intelligence officials try to do the right thing, but even with good intentions, sometimes they make mistakes. Sometimes they can be overzealous.

Behave like men, and not like witless sheep...

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say

Me mõistame end alati hukka selle pärast, mida ütleme, mitte selle pärast, mida teeme. Selle pärast, mida ütleme või mida ütleme end tegevat, mitte selle pärast, mida ütlevad teised või mida me tõesti teinud oleme.

a lo largo de la historia no ha habido un solo gobernante ni rey que no haya tenido responsabilidad en muertes

Never do anything in secret or anything that you would wish to hide. For the desire to hide anything means that you are afraid, and fear is a bad thing and unworthy of you. Be brave, and all the rest follows.

He has given you a lot of rope. Don't forget that one end is tied around your neck.

And the very, very worst thing you can do to angry cats or people is tell them to calm down. Telling someone to calm down implies that his anger is his own fault. Anyone who's angry believes that someone else, not him, is to blame.

We put great expectations on our tomorrows when we truly need to rely on ourselves. Far too many overlook personal action, as a means to get things done. Blame is easily passed if one does not hold themselves accountable.

Understanding human agency and human accountability, a cardinal feature of the law is understanding the active sense of foraging for some coherence

It must be wonderful to be you, Dominic, and know that you alone have shaped yourself. It must be even more wonderful for other people, your mother and even God Himself for all I know, to know that. It absolves them of a terrible responsibility.

I'm a Guild Boss, remember? I have no sense of humor.

Just punishment, which observes restraints, is different from revenge, which knows no limits.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.

Eisenhower studied his mistakes. "We are learning something every day, and in general do not make the same mistake twice."9 Ike learned to be tougher with subordinates such as Fredendall. "Officers that fail must be ruthlessly weeded out," Eisenhower wrote his old friend Leonard Gerow. "Considerations of friendship, family, kindness, and nice personality have nothing to do with the problem.… You must be tough.

The best advice one can offer to both press and public is the suggestion Ronald Reagan himself gave to students in Chicago ... Don't let me get away with it. Check me out. Don't be the sucker generation.

Dans la vie on ne fait pas ce que l'on veut mais on est responsable de ce que l'on est.

Quand tu sauras mon crime, et le sort qui m'accable, Je n'en mourrai pas moins, j'en mourrai plus coupable

Collective promises are never kept, since no one feels responsible for fulfilling them