Quotes About Accountability

You must learn to face the fact, always, that you choose to do what you do, and that everything you do affects not only you but others.

A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many responsibilities.

To be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.

Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say that we devise their misery. But they themselves- in their depravity- design grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns.

A statement on the political responsibility of the critic: the critic must attempt to fully realize, and take responsibility for, the unspoken, unrepresented pasts that haunt the historical present.

If you want to use a cliche you must take full responsibility for it yourself and not try to fob it off on anon., or on society.

A man only goes and confesses his faults to the world when his self will not acknowledge or listen to them.

Qui sine peccato est vestrum primus in illam lapidem mittat," he said to me.

There is no Hell, other than that which men make on earth.

It was always like that. They never said sorry. They just threw down their still-loaded weapons, ready for next time.

every relationship had its own "love account." Doing something kind for your partner was like a deposit. A negative comment was a withdrawal. The trick was to keep your account in credit.

Life was all about consequences

Or maybe temporary insanity is just an excuse for inexcusable behavior.

Her focus had always been on how his actions affected her feelings, as if his role was to do things for her, to her, and all that mattered was her emotional response to him, as if a "man" were a product or a service, and she'd finally chosen the right brand to get the right response.

so easily have said no. But she and her husband Sam said yes, and now they can never change what they did and didn't do that

Oh, I don't blame Congress. If I had 600 billion at my disposal, I'd be irresponsible, too.

Truth has her sterner responsibilities sooner or later in store for those who have known anything about her.

I want that freedom to move around outdoors, to do so without always feeling watched, threatened, restricted, or accountable to someone. To not be a babe—innocent or lusty. To just be in the woods.

Some of us are grown-up at age twelve; some of us never mature. It's not a question of whether you're old enough to make your own decision; are you old enough to take responsibility for the outcome if it turns out to be a bad decision?

Watch the death of your enemy if you can, for you have caused it. When you have killed, watch the consequences of your actions.

I am most willing to answer all questions about myself… But… I am not willing, now or in the future, to bring bad trouble to people who, in my past association with them, were completely innocent of any talk or any action that was disloyal or subversive.

I hate male cowardice and the way they always have each other's backs. They have no control. They justify everything their dicks make them do. And they get away with it. Nearly every time.

He said surely it is more civilized to kill one man every few months, hold up his head for all to behold, say his name, and return home for a feast than to slaughter nameless millions.

I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.