Quotes About Accountability

have seen that two of the factors affecting regret are Personal responsibility for the result How easily an individual can imagine a counterfactual, better alternative

Useful thing a warrant. Murder and theft change their names if you have one.

Law enforcement: a case of good men doing bad chores.

Bad people need to pay a price. And the price should be high. ~Billy Summers

Sons figured out they were bigger and never forgot it. Sons didn't care about the world they left for their sons or for their daughters, although they said they did when the time came to run for office.

You'll consider what you did wrong & bookend your reflections with hunger – no supper, no breakfast.

There's always someone at fault, which is not the same as blame.

I was just following orders. The people elected me. But who elected the people?

My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right." In

It would be a shame if the public uproar forced us to go beyond, and to damage the integrity of the CIA," Ford said. "I automatically assume what you did was right unless it's proven otherwise." That amounted to an assurance that, if at all possible, Helms would be shielded from accountability for the CIA's actions on his watch.

Much of their data was unique because it could come only from experiments in which human beings were made to suffer or die. That made Blome a valuable target—but a target for what? Justice cried out for his punishment. From a U.S. Army base in Maryland, however, came an audaciously contrary idea: instead of hanging Blome, let's hire him.

SHOULD EVERYONE WHO helped run the Nazi machine be prosecuted for war crimes, or could some be brought to work for the U.S. government instead?

Stephen Kinzer

the focus was clearly not on activities, but on results. In addition to the benefit of differentiating between results and activities, there's another positive dimension to taking responsibility for results.

A commit gives hope. Following through that commitment builds trust

A counterfeit manifestation of clarifying expectations is to create "smoke and mirrors"—to give lip service to clarifying expectations, but to fail to pin down specifics like results, deadlines, or dollars that facilitate meaningful accountability.

If you think the problem is out there, that very thought is the problem.

Lose money for the firm and I will be understanding; lose a shred of reputation for the firm and I will be ruthless. —WARREN BUFFETT

Leadership is a choice, not a position.

It usually turned out that the people who claim they're looking to change their lives are really looking for a way to justify making the same mistakes over and over.

Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it immediately

When you pick up one end of the stick, you pick up the other. Therefore, if you decide to take responsibility for your circumstances, you automatically tap into the power to change

You can't talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.