Quotes About Accountability

We don't want crimes committed in New Mexico falling through the cracks. This legislation ensures that there is no area of our state where crimes can be committed without consequence.

It's very easy, when we're reading those articles on the 20th page of 'The New York Times,' to distance ourselves and say, 'It's someone else.'

We do have our mistakes sometimes, like 'The New York Times' does, like everything does. We correct them.

If you manage Newcastle, you have to deal with the consequences.

In a fascist system, it's not the lies that count but the muddying. When citizens can't tell real news from fake, they give up their demands for accountability bit by bit.

For some reason most Indians seem to think that it is the job of the media to fight corruption and their own role is restricted to sighing over their newspaper, or debates on the local train as they commute to work.

There's no such thing as 'next time we'll do it better.' Do it better this time.

I certainly don't want to be part of a media that forces confessions from people who are not going to behave any differently the next time round.

Nigeria is still grappling with the negative consequences of the use of opacity by senior members of government and their cronies between 1993 and 1998, awarding themselves juicy contracts in the extractive industry.

No one can fight corruption for Nigerians except Nigerians. Everyone has to be committed from the top to the bottom to fight it.

I know from my nightclub days that when local cops need to show a fall in crime for political reasons there are all sorts of ways in which they can easily cheat numbers.

It was accountability that Nixon feared.

My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything.

While I have no desire to see Mr. Obama's birth certificate, I do want to see his college transcripts.

I had no desire to be a star and a star's responsibility.

There's no doubt in my mind. I think defensively, the number one thing is knowing the job and to compete.

A second-choice goalkeeper can sometimes say: 'Oh, it's a lack of games, it's different when you train compared to when you play.' But there is no excuse if you do everything right.

There's no excuse for breaking the law.

There's no excuse for drink-driving.

There's no excuse for losing for me.

To confront criminals, we need to finish with corruption. If we don't do this, there is no hope.

I have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped the ball. We entered a period of complacency and closed our eyes to the public corruption of our democracy.

The other day, I was taking part in an audience Q&A when I was roundly scolded by a woman for 'allowing the BBC to ruin the English language.' Naturally I felt terrible, as I had no idea either that it was happening or that I was responsible.

Some players have no idea how to handle life without structure. That's why some players get into trouble during the offseason. This is literally the first time in our lives we've ever had free time without somebody telling us where to be and what to do.