Quotes About Accountability

My hope is that we will turn Greece into maybe the most transparent country in the world with everything on the web.

When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.

Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.

Aun los mejores hombres, si actúan por sí mismos, cometerán graves equivocaciones. Mientras mayores responsabilidades se coloquen sobre el agente humano, mientras más encumbrado sea su cargo para determinar y controlar, más males hará con seguridad pervirtiendo mentes y corazones si no sigue cuidadosamente el camino del Señor.

You used to have the jokes about never fixing the roof until it rained. People were undoubtedly the same now, or worse. They might well wait until something happened that forced them to act; that something would almost certainly be unpleasant—most likely, serious. Yet

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die... a ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.

the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword." "...a ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.

You kill men for the wrongs they have done, not the wrongs that they may do someday.

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.

There were other things to tend to first. There were other debts to pay.

Ned always said that the man who passes the sentence should swing the blade, though he never took any joy in the duty. But I would, oh, yes.

When a dog goes bad, the fault lies with his master.

I'll have no songs about how brave you died, Kingmaker. There's tens o'thousands dead on your account.

When soldiers lack discipline, the fault lies with their lord commander.

we hold to the belief that the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.

On the Wall, a man gets only what he earns,

The blood of the First Men still flows in the veins of the Starks, and we hold to the belief that the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.

men who pay in promises should have at least the sense to promise more.

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

When you race you are under oath. You are testifying as to who you are.

Politicians will respect, rather than manipulate, reality only if the public cares about the truth and punishes politicians when it catches them in deliberate deception.

What is there to say? Risk taking is painful. Either you are willing to bear the pain yourself or you try to pass it on to others. Anyone who is in a risk taking business but cannot face the consequences is no good.