Quotes About Accountability

Communities of color have also had to watch video after video of unarmed black men and women being handled without regard for their lives or well-being. As a black man, I see these images, and I see myself; I wonder whether this will happen to me or one of my loved ones.

The American people need to know that money is being used effectively because frankly, the nation can't afford careless spending, no matter how well-intentioned.

Every leader has the responsibility to hone his or her integrity. Many times, there are integrity traps that have a tendency to catch well-meaning leaders off guard.

Smart, well-meaning people get it wrong when they start believing that the world owes them something and that the rules are different for them.

Let's hope Trump's State Department and USAID will follow open records laws and disclose the details of the Obama-Soros wellspring.

Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting.

We tend to forget in the West that the United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than Al Qaeda has on its hands of innocent non-Muslims.

Totalitarian states killed with impunity and no one was held accountable. That didn't happen in the West.

From before I was born, we Arabs have been caught between two forces that, seemingly, cannot be defeated: our ruthless dictators, who oppress and humiliate us, and the cynical western powers, who would rather see us ruled by criminals loyal to them than have democratically elected leaders accountable to us.

Individualism. Narcissism. Value-free choices. These are all key elements in the decline of the practice of mutual accountability in Western churches, among clergy and laity alike.

The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.

To be happy about the fall of one powerful man is to know there are another 10 that need to follow.

Nearly one year on from his election, Donald Trump disregards the constitution, offends allies, and attacks minorities, the powerless, and those who are holding him to account.

With great powers come great responsibilities; with plenary powers come plenary responsibilities.

In Strapping, I had experimented with a creative catharsis under the assumption that art doesn't need to be accountable for itself, but I found out in very practical ways that you are accountable for everything you say. Everything you write, everything you do becomes not only your identity but your world resonates with it.

Practice does make perfect and when you know what's asked of you by your manager and when he demands it you do it.

I said in sharp language that that practice was wrong.

However, as a parent, as a grandparent, as a former educator, I know that these practices alone when we are dealing with young children are insufficient. We will never control this rising epidemic without greater accountability from the food industry.

If people want to get into leadership through corrupt practices, through corrupt means, I think that's detestable; we have to take action.

It's great to have great practices during the week, but you gotta make sure you are performing on game day and making those plays for your team.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.

Irish people are pragmatic. They understand that nobody is going to fix our problems but ourselves.

When you win, everything is everything. But when you lose, it's all about Allen Iverson and Larry Brown. When we win, I know that I get the praise and Larry Brown gets the praise, but when we lose, it's on me and Larry Brown. That's something that I have to learn to accept and deal with.

In football you can take the praise when it comes, but you've got to be ready to take the criticism as well.