Quotes About Accountability

Democracy demands sacrifice. Democracy demands that the rules of the game be respected just as the constitution requires.

The single most important lesson I learned is that black people are the cause of black people's demise.

I'd heard stories about business managers who lost their client's money. My feeling was that if I made any money, I wanted to lose it myself, to be the author of my own demise.

And in a democracy, when we say we're mad at what's going on, what we need to be saying is we're mad at ourselves.

Whether you are a Democrat, Republican, or Independent, facts matter.

Criticism in a time of war is essential to the maintenance of any kind of democratic government.

We don't hand anyone anything in the Democratic Party.

I am ashamed of some of Democrats in my own party.

Delusion and denial does not equal an apology.

Failure is an awful thing, and when I look at the common denominator of failure, it seems to always be the same thing: excuses.

I made bad decisions. I'm not denying that I made bad decisions.

I got more whistleblowers from the Secret Service than I do anywhere else. And if you look at that department and agency, it's the one place you can never, ever, ever make a mistake - ever.

We need to stop sending federal military equipment to local police departments.

If you're going to vote yes and change the law. You have to know what's in it. You can't depend on other people.

Lives literally depend on what we do.

Consumers depend on us to make sure that competition is fair and open, and it's my responsibility to make that happen.

I play better when guys depend on me.

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

We get paid a lot of money to do what we do, and there's a lot of people who are dependent upon that car running well and us getting everything out of it as a team. So I'm very, very loyal to my team and the company.

Is it important to have a crew behind me? No, it's important to have me behind them. That's how I look at it. You can't just roll with a situation like you're depending on somebody to help you. You're supposed to help the situation, whatever the situation is that you're in.

Elections matter, but how much they matter depends entirely on how free, open and fair they are.

Not everything depends on me. I can't dribble the ball all the way from the back to the front.

That is the difference from being a manager and being a player: As a player, if you sign a contract for four years, if you want to be there for four years, you are. But as a manager, it always depends on the sack. You are always under pressure.

Real environmental change depends on us. We can't wait for our leaders. We have to focus on what our own responsibilities are and how we can make the change happen.