Quotes About Accountability

I've been left to wonder if it's the national Republican Party Scott Brown represents, or the people of Massachusetts? Let me add that I believe it's a fair question to ask of any of us, Republican or Democrat, who have the privilege of being sent to Washington.

We can live our own lives in a way that does not bring reproach on the principles we claim to support.

This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic.

In a healthy republic, there is a need for figures who understand that the presidency is not the be-all and end-all of the people.

Living in a republic demands a great deal of us.

This Congress is simply not doing its job under Republican leadership.

What we try to say is that it doesn't matter if you are a Republican or a Democrat or conservative or independent. You are equally responsible for your place in the culture, and you must make a contribution, and you must accept responsibility for what goes down on your watch.

Republicans are pushing legislation forward that will improve the effectiveness of and bring more accountability to U.S. foreign assistance around the world and bring democracy even further into the light.

It's easy to keep issuing blame to Republicans or the president.

We as Republicans have taken the easy way out a lot of times.

Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren't looking at the facts.

Democrats don't react the same way Republicans do, because they are not forced to react the same way Republicans are forced to react. They get to be as corrupt as, basically, they want, and just ignore it.

When I used to play, the manager would tell us that you are as good as your last performance. That made all the players more hungry to finish strong.

After I got cut by the UFC for not making weight, I realized I was making myself look like a fool. I was hurting my team. I was hurting my family. I was hurting myself.

If you say your door is always open and we can always talk about things and you'll be willing to listen, and when I come to him to talk about something that's bothering me that I think is hurting the team, if you don't do anything to change it, then that's the last time I need to talk to you.

What hurts the GOP is when we have leaders placing the blame on other leaders within the party.

Saddam Hussein didn't kill 3,100 people on Sept. 11. Osama bin Laden did, and as far as we know he's still alive.

People deserve to see a governor who is hustling every day.

Hygiene is important. That's one of my failings. So I'm always being called on that.

Whatever we put on the ice, we just need to have good performance from all the players.

I just put people together. I just identified jobs that have to be filled. And then I have to go out and find the right people and make sure they talk to each other. So I'm the beneficiary of good things that other people do. I get credit for that. If they don't do a good job, I get the blame for it.

I identify as a Georgian who wants to do right by Georgia.

It is necessary and critical for states to have flexibility to determine how to identify and improve schools.

You can't just abandon accountability measures in schools... Educators want that because otherwise they can't identify achievement-gap issues for students.