Quotes About Accountability

The small companies who feel that the majors are a threat, or are predators, will use that as an excuse for their eventual downfall. Don't blame others for your own inadequacies.

A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government.

Bringing accountability to the judiciary must be preceded by frank public discussion and debate. Unfortunately that cannot get started with the threat of contempt looming over people.

Don't make a threat and then not do it.

Responsibility demands action, and dealing with the immediate threat must naturally be a top priority.

The corruption that hides in plain sight is the real threat to our democracy.

When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered.

What has too often happened in the past is that people have threatened punishment but have failed to carry it out. It's imperative in any initiative that is undertaken that punishment be real and that there be truth in sentencing, and that the truly dangerous offenders - the recidivists and the career criminals - be put away and kept away.

I have spent my life fighting for our country and our values. When those values are jeopardized, when our democracy is threatened, I believe it is our responsibility to speak out and demand accountability.

Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society.

Ours is a government elected by the people and it will not succumb to threats.

Asked at the hearing why she hadn't pressed the FBI more closely about what it knew, or didn't know, about domestic terrorist threats, Rice acted as though the question was an odd one: it wasn't her job. Well, in retrospect, it was and now certainly is.

No president can amend the past, and the public is tired of candidates who simply point fingers instead of offering their own solutions. They want a leader who will describe the threats as they are and rally the country behind a strategy to defeat them.

Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.

I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don't criticize a teammate. Never be late.

There is no point in pointing fingers because there are three fingers pointing back at you.

I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.

No government prospers by saying, 'I don't need to do anything. Just by being there, we have made the country thrive.'

I don't believe in a heaven or a hell or an old man sitting on a throne. I believe in a higher power bigger than me because that keeps me accountable.

It's in responsibility that most people find the meaning that sustains them through life. It's not in happiness. It's not in impulsive pleasure.

Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation.

Do what you say you're going to do. Follow through means never having to say you're sorry.

Responsibility, I believe, accrues through privilege.

Banks need to think through their ethics very carefully, and many have done so. I don't know any bank that dismisses the concept of ethical banking.