Quotes About Accountability

You must not blame us scientists for the use which war technicians have put our discoveries.

Let the people know the truth and the country is safe.

If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals. And I think he's right. He, and I'd say I, were behaving as war criminals.

Duty is ours; the consequences are the Lord God's

Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.

...a private who loses a rifle suffers far greater consequences than a general who loses a war.

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.

The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.

The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error.

Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them must share the guilt for the dead.

Wars are not paid for in wartime. The bill comes later.

If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.

It is said that the inferior seek to emulate the superior. Thus, if a general slackens only a little, those beneath him will be greatly negligent.

If the American people really come to a settled belief that Bush lied us into war, his presidency will be over.

I am ready to face the International Criminal Court of Justice at the Hague for prosecution over roles played by me when the war ended

It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives.

So much destruction in modern war takes place miles and miles away from the source of the destruction, the human being who has caused it.

A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence today of personal responsibility

If you want to talk about mistakes, every country has mistakes, every government has mistakes, every person has mistakes. When you have a war, you have more mistakes. That's the natural thing.

Madam, if your son were to come home and try to shirk duty, you ought to shut your door in his face and treat him as a renegade unworthy of your name or regard.

There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse.

It is said that one should not hesitate to correct himself when he has made a mistake. If he corrects himself without the least bit of delay, his mistakes will disappear.

The more a leader is in the habit of demanding from his men, the surer he will be that his demands will be answered.

Old enough to kill means old enough to die