Quotes About Accountability

Someone knows—someone in the government, or the army, or the police. This is a government of secrets. If there are secrets, there can be no justice.

I refuse to give the police a mordida." A bribe.

People in power—police, politicians—believe they can get away with murder.

Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.

There was no one else to blame anymore. No Bores or Old Ladies or Nortons, or Assassins waiting at the bridge. And there was no place to hide-no place across any river for a boatman to take us. Our life would be what we made of it-nothing more, nothing less. Baboons. Baboons. They build their own cages, we could almost hear the Pigman whisper, as he took his children with him.

There's no one else to blame. No Bores or Old Ladies or Norton or Assassins waiting at the bridge.

Everybody else is doing it is an excuse, not a reason. It could be that everybody else isn't, but the Devil is introducing you to the few that are in the hopes that he can fool you.

How do we as artists question our sins in front of a greater audience? How do we as Jews show ourselves as flawed and complex human beings?

In love, no one can harm anyone else; we are each responsible for our own feelings and cannot blame someone else for what we feel.

In the beginning there was only a small amount of injustice abroad in the world, but everyone who came afterwards added their portion, always thinking it was very small and unimportant, and look where we have ended up today.

It is part of the human nature always to judge others very severely and,when the wind turns against us,always to find an excuse for our own misdeeds,or to blame someone else for our mistakes.

We are the ones who create the messes in our heads. It does not come from outside.

No one can manipulate anyone else. In any relationship, both parties know what they're doing. even if one complains later on that they were used.

Possibly. Basically,everything that happens in our life is our fault and ours alone. A lot of people go through the same difficulties we went through, and they react completely differently. We looked for the easiest way out: a separate reality.

Living is making decisions and dealing with the consequences.

Don't ask permission. If it does not work, you can apologize later.

It's now what enters men's mouths that's evil. It's what comes out of their mouths that is.

When you repeat a mistake, it is not a mistake anymore: it is a decision.

you would have to give up all else, I alone would expect you to be your sole and exclusive standard

We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be. It's always easy to blame others. You can spend your entire life blaming the world, but your successes or failures are entirely your own responsibility.

you are the only person responsible for your choice

It's not what enters men's mouths that's evil," said the alchemist. "It's what comes out of their mouths that is.

My dear, everyone makes mistakes. You're forgiven, but I cannot force that forgiveness on you. It's your choice.

Basically, everything that happens in our life is our fault and ours alone. A lot of people go through the same difficulties we went through, and they react completely differently. We looked for the easiest way out: a separate reality