Quotes About Accountability

Most people who get into power in the western world start with great intentions, but slowly they all become entrapped and hung by their own petard.

The American president isn't just the American president. He's going to be the leader of the whole Western world, you know? You got a pretty big responsibility.

In Westminster, we can sometimes forget just how much the public hate their money being wasted.

Mice are everywhere at Westminster but many MPs, including me, did not report them because we were afraid of their possible fate.

Westminster has let the whole country down for many years.

I think people have a legitimate right to minimise their tax obligations if they can, but they should pay their fair whack. I do think it's important to be transparent.

What if we all suddenly get carried away thinking - who will be left to act?

It's been great that every title that we've done internally has been a huge success, but when you've got 50 or 100 people on there, all their families and everyone counting on you there, the idea of 'What if you screw up once?' or 'What if the market changes?'

Foreign aid should not be automatic. Countries should have to make their case every year, and American officials should openly decide what, if anything, to fund.

One day, I just ended up thinking, 'You know what? If we get to 13-0, it's not me. If we go 10-2, it's not me.'

Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.

For me, you can't be a big fat pig up there, slovenly and singing croaky and whatnot. You have to work.

We impugn the private sector, we impugn main street America, and the bureaucracy cannot be held to any different standard whatsoever.

We want to be absolutely clear to the people what we are about. No backroom deals whatsoever and we're not going to be held back by any other political parties.

What's even more unsettling is the way these people hide what they're doing from the public. They strip the labels off miracle wheat when they ship it, for instance, and say, 'Watch out. Don't plant too much and don't depend on it too much.'

The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.

These Hillary supporters just drove a car into a giant ditch named Trump. They let Trump win. They let him become the most powerful man on Earth. Sorry, you're not getting the wheel again after driving into the ditch.

Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.

I knew that by getting behind the wheel of the car and having had something to drink, the responsibility laid on my shoulders.

I will never have a sip of alcohol and get behind the wheel again. Regardless if I'm 300% sure that I just had a sip and I can drive. It doesn't matter.

I will never have a drink and get behind the wheel of a car. It's not illegal to drink and drive, but there becomes a certain point where it does become a crime.

If we permit flawed machines to make life-changing decisions on our behalf - by allowing them to pinpoint a murder suspect, to diagnose a condition or take over the wheel of a car - we have to think carefully about what happens when things go wrong.

America wasn't made on blame; it was made on responsibility. Take off the training wheels in life and decide to take responsibility for your actions.

The ANC must ensure that South Africa does not become a mafia state because once you reach that state, all the wheels have come off.