Quotes About Accountability

Politics is a matter of choices, and a man doesn't set up the choices himself. And there is always a price to make a choice. You know that. You've made a choice, and you know how much it cost you. There is always a price.

Everyone misbehaves,' said Eddie. 'That's nature. Everyone gets away with as much as they can get away with. And the more they can get away with, the more they will.

We of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations who participated in the decisions on Vietnam acted according to what we thought were the principles and traditions of this nation. We made our decisions in the light of those values. Yet we were wrong, terribly wrong. We owe it to future generations to explain why.

He can either act as a judge or a leader….I have always believed in and endeavored to follow the active leadership role as opposed to the passive judicial role.

when the seats of power and authority have been attained there should be no more poetic licence'.

The grateful person, being still the most severe exacter of himself, not only confesses, but proclaims, his debts.

Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost.

One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure.

Compromise is usually bad. It should be a last resort. If two departments or divisions have a problem they can't solve and it comes up to you, listen to both sides and then pick one or the other. This places solid accountability on the winner to make it work. Condition your people to avoid compromise.

Make every decision as if you owned the whole company.

As for these people, they vote for what they want, they get what they vote for, and, by God! they deserve nothing better!

Here, a court might conclude that P is not vicariously liable because A was on a "frolic.

Once you the forces that govern behavior,it's harder to blame the behaver

To call things in the past inexorable makes more things in the future inexorable. To tell people they're not to blame for past mistakes is to make future mistakes more likely. The truth is hardly guaranteed to set us free.

We are ultimately alone in that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves.

I decided to tell the truth even if it meant being pointed at.

Uno tiene la obligación moral de ser responsable de sus actos y también de sus palabras e incluso de sus silencios, sí, de sus silencios, porque también los silencios ascienden al cielo y los oye Dios y sólo Dios los comprende y los juzga, así que mucho cuidado con los silencios

You earn your future, Malta Vestrit." The bead-maker cocked her head at her. "What does tomorrow owe you?" "Tomorrow owes me?" Malta repeated in confusion. "Tomorrow owes you the sum of your yesterdays. No more than that." Amber looked out to sea again. "And no less. Sometimes folk wish tomorrow did not pay them off so completely.

You can't play in shit and not get some on you.

Tomorrow owes you the sum of your yesterdays. No more than that." Amber looked out to sea again. "And no less. Sometimes folk wish tomorrow did not pay them off so completely.

Fault has no place in the greater scheme of things, little one. Fault and guilt are as useless as apology once the deed is done. Once the action has been taken, all must endure what follows.

Because she felt no shame at all, you think it must all belong to you. People like her are so adept at passing on blame.

As it was with dragons, so it is with queens. A careless word or deed could have severe consequences. Inside

The welfare of the people belongs to the people, and they have the right to object if their duke stewards it poorly.