Quotes About Accountability

Not if he wanted to be able to look at himself in the mirror in the morning without seeing the word asshole written across his forehead.

The main purpose of an administrative meeting is to establish collective guilt for whatever fuck-up arises out of its decisions.

Per quanto possiamo cambiare, dobbiamo sempre pagare per le cose che abbiamo fatto.

Tell the truth. If you tell the truth all the time you don't have to worry three months down the line about what you said three months earlier. Truth is always the truth. You won't have to complicate your life by trying to cover up.

For a society based on the rule of law, the de facto reality that police officers are often treated as if they are above the law is repulsive.

So far no one has claimed responsibility.

I didn't love every group I encountered. In fact, I'll be quite happy to never see gun-and-coin dude again. But I learned to stand in other people's shoes, as much as a child can. It's hard to view certain people as anything but monsters, yet there's value in giving it the old college try. By dignifying even the most despicable character as a human being, by offering them what empathy we can manage, we also hold them accountable for their choices.

By dignifying even the most despicable character as a human being, by offering them what empathy we can manage, we also hold them accountable for their choices.

As long as you keep giving in," he said, "and as long as you keep rewarding her bad behavior, then she's going to keep right on doing it. Wouldn't you?

If we acted, nobody would thank us. But if we did not act, who would? Making politically unpopular decisions for the long-run benefit of the country is the reason the Fed exists as a politically independent central bank. It was created for precisely this purpose: to do what must be done—what others cannot or will not do.

Politicians will have to do the heavy lifting here, because for the most part these are not issues that can be addressed by the Fed or monetary policy.)

And I knew that if we began holding regular news conferences, there would be no going back.

the investor would be on the hook for 10 percent of the loss.

some products should just be kept out of the marketplace.

But that's the baggage that comes with consequential policy jobs,

If he follows through, the

Nevertheless, announcing an inflation target instills discipline and accountability, because it forces policymakers either to hit their target or to offer a credible explanation for why they missed.

because I knew that there was plenty of blame to go around, including at the Fed and other regulatory agencies and in Congress.

I told her truthfully that it had been more my fault than hers.

but sometimes it seemed that she put the fund ahead of the interests of the broader financial system.)

How much of Citi's troubles could be blamed on Pandit is debatable;

which would be responsible for managing the loans and would be on the hook for any losses.

that would simultaneously let investors who had misjudged risk off the hook. Richard

The idea was watch what I do, not what I say.