Quotes About Accountability

You'll know that whatever happens isn't your problem because you no longer have the responsibility to see that others do what they should.

The free market punishes irresponsibility. Government rewards it.

The answer is simple: You are you, the person who will live with the consequences of what you do. No one else can be responsible, because no one else will experience the consequences of your actions as you will.

The all but unanimous judgment seems to be that we, the democracies, are just as responsible for the rise of the dictators as the dictatorships themselves, and perhaps more so.

Our people have only the one chance. Our good deeds must be done on this earth in this life. And since there is no one to share the burden with them or to intercede for them they must do it on their own.

We weten dat hij nooit een concentratiekamp, laat staan een vernietigingskamp heeft bezocht. Dat liet hij over aan Himmler, de baas van de SS en de politie. Laat ik aannemen, dat hij op een dag besloot in Auschwitz te gaan kijken naar de dagelijkse vergassing van duizenden mannen, vrouwen en kinderen, die hij had bevolen. Hoe had hij op die aanblik gereageerd? Maar daarvoor moet ik zijn karakter veranderen, want dat is nu juist wat hij nooit gedaan heeft, en dan had ik hem weer niet begrepen.

Wie het gedaan heeft, heeft het gedaan en niet iemand anders.

There is no self that exists independent of the forces that created it, and thus you cannot be held personally, or perhaps I should say morally, accountable for what you did or didn't do.

Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.

The buck stops here.

I never would have agreed to the formulation of the Central Intelligence Agency back in forty-seven, if I had known it would become the American Gestapo.

I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you've done the best you can, you can't do any better.

A President cannot always be popular.

Mama and Papa are more to blame (for delinquency) than the kids; parents should stay home and raise their children and spend less time in taverns.

Never, never be afraid to do what is right. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our souls when we look away. —Martin Luther King Jr

I don't want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.

The Muslim way of speaking" is speaking in all instances with the use of one's conscience, in the knowledge that Allah is present, that His knowledge is all-encompassing, and that, on the Day of Judgment, all will be called to account in His presence.

Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.

The apology from the arsonist takes up space that could otherwise be used to remove one's self from the fire. HStanbrough

I think I took my eye off the ball. From about 2005 2006 2007, I was out of it. I thought I could oversee movies and have it done for me, so to speak.

Geçmi?in ac? gerçekleriyle yüzle?meden, hesapla?madan gelece?e nas?l ilerleyece?iz ki?

You married me, Christa. Marriage! It was a serious step. I warned you. As the saying goes, madam, you've made your bed. You're going to lie in it. You understand what I mean, Christa. I know you do.

Bad dogs, she believed, were like most bad children: created by those around them. But then, that was a personal opinion.

Each man follows his own path - his own destiny, if you will. And only he is responsible for the choice.