Quotes About Accountability

When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad things you did do - well, that's memoirs.

There is no such thing as concealment. Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass.

Eggs cannot be unscrambled.

I wasted another year of my life but this time it's not my fault.

Every man is the son of his actions.

Should people take justice in their own hands when their system of law does not function?

Svako ljudsko delo i svaka re? mogu da donesu zlo.

Kada je na kazan i?i, brzi ste i okretni svi, a kad je u službi potr?ati, vežu vam se noge i stane vam pamet. A meni obraz zbog vas gori.

The wrong is never the only thing a wrong-doer has done.

Whether or not we know what we are creating or how we are creating it, when things do not turn out the way we desire, our human instincts drive us to look for someone to blame.

It is impossible to pretend that you are not heir to, and therefore, however inadequately or unwillingly, responsible to, and for, the time and place that give you life. —James Baldwin

thinking that I had done something

It is always so much easier to blame someone else rather than accepting responsibility for your experiences.

Summerset-I see you've destroyed another police vehicle. Perhaps you now hold the record.

Don't make threats unless you intend to follow through.

Justice doesn't hide behind anonymity. It doesn't operate without rules of conduct.

Do you think any of us go anywhere until we have the truth? Do you think there's peace without justice?" "No, I don't," Eve admitted, knowing it would always drive her.

When we get him," Eve continued, "it's going to come out that she—this symbol—knocked him around or boo-hoo broke his heart or made him feel weak and helpless. So his defense lawyers will come along saying: Oh, he was damaged, poor sick son of a bitch. He's not responsible. And that's a pile of shit, that's a big, smelly pile of bullshit. Because nobody's responsible for choking the life out of Elisa Maplewood but him. Nobody.

Admitting it would mean accepting some responsibility and blame, something she isn't equipped to do. Others must be blamed.

was, Guns Don't Kill People, People Kill People. And it's true enough. But a gun gives them a hell of a lot of help.

Nobody should let cops like you slide. You think the badge is some sort of protection for you? Some sort of hammer you can toss around? It's your fucking responsibility, your goddamn duty, not your cushion and not your weapon.

we are all sorry when we are discovered. Then we are very sorry.It's not the question if we're sorry. The question is did we draw a lesson? The question is: what are we going to do now, when we're sorry?

The question is not, are we sorry? The question is, what lesson have we learned? The question is what are we going to do now that we are sorry?

But I say to myself, we are all sorry when we found out. Then we are very sorry. The question is not, are we sorry? The question is, what lesson have we learned? The question is, what are we going to do now that we are sorry?