Quotes About Accountability

It does not matter what party you are a member of in this great Nation of ours. Accountability and competence are characteristics that Americans value throughout our great land.

I shall hold myself particularly answerable to my constituents for my present conduct, and in general to all my fellow Citizens throughout these States, when properly questioned.

I'm going to be looking forward, asked to be judged on my record, not taken back as has been the - in a sense, the tendency throughout politics in Northern Ireland, is to always look back, always look at what was said a long time ago, instead of looking forward.

Journalists are supposed to put the people first, even before themselves. Around the world and throughout history, journalists have died to get the truth out.

It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

I have a big problem when the sanctimonious, holier than thou congressmen and women go on national television for six hours and beat somebody up with a stick, and not because I'm 'Ms. Manners.' That's not what bothers me. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

I'm very hard on myself. If it's a throw that I missed that I know I can make, that's something that I have to correct.

In my job you can't just put your head in the sand and throw partisan bombshells. You have to get results.

My job is to throw passes and be a leader.

Like their predecessors, the Presidents of today just throw up their hands.

Anytime you do something in this arena, whether it's public records or ethics, it's not like throwing a stone in a quiet pond. It's like throwing a boulder.

Whether it is throwing people under the bus or writing a lie on the side of one: Britain deserves better than Boris Johnson.

We are ambassadors. We are leaders of our own brands, and then in life things are thrown at you, you have to stand up for what's right. That brings on a whole new role. It's not on the front of the agenda that you see, but if you read the fine print it's part of becoming an athlete and the pedestal you get with that.

I have to be able to make plays when the ball is thrown to my side.

I'm aware that if the ball is thrown in my direction, I'm expected to catch it because the media is going to be on my back.

I'll cop whatever gets thrown at me - that's politics.

Sometimes I think I'm put on too high a pedestal and get thrown under the bus too much.

You may score 50 points and grab 40 rebounds and have 30 assists, but if I don't make the free throws at the end of the game, and we lose, does that make you not a champion?

There's always instances where you want those throws back, but the worst part about it is that I can't redo it.

There are some throws I should not make.

Rule of thumb: When Democrats lose, they blame the candidate. When Republicans lose, they blame the opposition.

Thus, neither my government nor myself, personally, are without ideals and responsibilities.

I'm much more interested in looking at our own failings than going to some faraway place and looking at their failings, thus making us feel good about ourselves.

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.