Quotes About Accountability

Il rimorso non tormenta chi l'ha fatta franca

He sometimes said it was partly his own fault, but he believed steadfastly that his position had been brought about by other people. He

suspects.85 What legislative reforms of policing are crucial? Five are especially important: (1) expand the liability standards for police officers and the departments that employ them; (2) outlaw particularly dangerous police practices; (3) authorize suits against federal law enforcement officials who violate the Constitution; (4) mandate data collection about policing; and (5) increase transparency as to policing

Congress should eliminate absolute immunity for prosecutorial misconduct and for police officers who commit perjury.

Congress also should change the federal civil rights statute, 42 U.S. Code Section 1983, to hold cities liable for the misconduct of their police officers.

police officers have absolute immunity when they testify as witnesses, even when they commit perjury and even when their perjured testimony results in the conviction of an innocent person.

If you cannot—in the long run—tell everyone what you have been doing, your doing has been worthless.

It ain't really Czechoslovakian,' I said, coughing. 'We used to call it the Cheque. Like, you drink it up now, you pay for it later.

Before this government came to power, many failing schools were simply allowed to drift on in a pattern of continuing failure. The government is determined to break that pattern and is successfully doing so.

Manapság vezetÅ' emberek szeretik vállalni a felelÅ'sséget. Olvasom az újságban, onnét tudom. Vállaljuk a felelÅ'sséget, mondják. Ez egy mondat, mondott mondat. Csak hát a felelÅ'sség vállalása, az nem (csak) egy mondat. Mondatot mondani, arra is van ember. Én, én például azért vagyok, én vagyok azért, hogy mondatokat mondjak.

But there is a corollary to freedom and that's personal responsibility, and the real challenge is how you generate that personal responsibility without imposing it.

When you give the credit or the blame to another for your success or lack of it—you are powerless to make any change.

It is good to get out of the mode of blaming, because that get s you nowhere, and into the mode of acknowledging that every step of the way, you did the best that you knew to do. Abraham -- G 6/7/91

The one who swallows cactuses with spines should not complain about hemorrhoids.

If your boss steps into your office and says, "We have a little problem and we want you to head up a team to solve it," then the lesson for you is a bit more complicated. Don't blithely accept the assignment and say, "Sure, boss." If you do, you could be setting yourself up for a fall.

When we stop asking the question "Whose fault is it?" and start asking the question "How can I work with this now?" then we are truly stepping onto the path of taking responsibility for our karma. When

This is perhaps the greatest lesson that interdependence has to offer us about right livelihood (and right living in general) in the twenty-first century: no person, and no profession, comes out completely clean, ever. On the other hand, no one is inherently defiled.

How can I be honest with you," he said, "when you are not honest with yourself" "You are bound—some time—to reap what you have sown.

Anders gestel, Ian: Wat is die afsnypunt van historiese skuld? Uit hoe ver terug mag ons die wandade van voorgeslagte byroep om die huidige geslag mee te blameer? "Ek

We are the breakers of our own hearts

And as in any feudal system, the people on whom the entire system depended were robbed, as completely as possible, of their power. The students were, for the most part, unable to hold inept teachers accountable, to protest the wasting of their own time, to influence the grounds on which they would be evaluated, to demand anything, really, of substance from the institution.

Clinton chose his language very carefully. About Rwanda, he said that, at the time, he "did not fully appreciate" the extent of the genocide. Not that he did not know. Because he did know. The Washington Post reported piles of bodies six feet high, and the evening news showed rivers choked with corpses. Regret, not action, had been his policy decision. Regret, he hoped, would not cost him anything.

We're understanding what Obama is. He is the great teacher. He is this guy that stands above everybody. There's some condescension in it, but he stands above everybody and says, 'Now, listen. You people have to stop blaming each other unreasonably. You have to get along here and I am going to show you the way.' It is a pretty brave role in many ways.

Put your currency where your oral cavity is.