Quotes About Accountability

There is a collective blame shared by those of us who have created the modern Republican Party that has so egregiously failed the principles it claimed to represent.

They broke a basic bond of trust that those handed a role of power in a functioning democracy would treat the gift as both priceless and fragile, what Abraham Lincoln called "the legacy bequeathed to us.

Cowardice is one of the least appealing of human qualities, and a deeply damaged Cowardly Lion leads the Republican Party.

Courage is not standing up to a ludicrous man-child like Donald Trump. Courage is getting out of the boat when the soldier in front of you was just killed. That's the legacy of the current generation of our politicians, and while there is failure of courage enough to go around across the political spectrum, my brief is the Republican Party and its total collapse as a moral force.

You don't have to justify yourself to me. You did what you did.

By doing nothing, Sloan's so-called friends had sealed her fate as surely as Fritz had with his gun. In hindsight, did any of them recognize the price she had paid for their passivity? Their failure to act was all the more damning for the ease with which they rationalized their behavior afterward.

When he spoke, the roughness was gone from his voice. I could tell you I did it. That's what you wanna hear. I could tell you she did it to herself, but both ways I'd be lying. It was you who did it, Lily. You didn't mean it, but it was you.

I said, Where's all that delivering God's supposed to do? He snorted. You're right, the only deliverance is the one we get for ourselves. The Lord doesn't have any hands and feet but ours. That doesn't say much for the Lord. It doesn't say much for us, either.

Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do. Such a notion made it virtually impossible to enjoy life.

I was afraid, though, the blame would find a way to stick to them. That's how blame was.

Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do." Such

Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do.

If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame. But, if orders are clear and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their oficers.

If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame.

If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders are clear, and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their officers.

Sun Tzu: If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame. But if his orders ARE clear, and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their officers.

Sun Tzu said: If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame.

When troops flee, are insubordinate, distressed, collapse in disorder or are routed, it is the fault of the general. None of these disasters can be attributed to natural causes.

Survivors have responsibilities.

The future can not blame the present, just as the present cannot blame the past.

stolen property vanishes because somebody has taken it; that a murdered man dies because somebody has killed him.

Whether it's "they didn't mean to do any harm," or "they did the best they could," these apologies obscure the fact that these parents abdicated their responsibilities to their children.

In many cases, I'm sure that no harmful intent existed, but speculating on intent is a waste of time. It's the results that count. If harm was done by inadequate parents, the intent is irrelevant. Inadequate parents are responsible both for what they did do and for what they didn't.

If you're not happy, it's all on you. If you want to find your way, be your own compass.