Quotes About Accountability

Most of us fall short much more by omission than by commission. While the world perishes we go our way: purposeless, passionless, day after day.

There's peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and I'm responsible.

What my job is, is to get on with getting the process of democratic politics, back on the road, entrenching the peace settlement, and I ask you to judge me on my record.

Gloucestershire police must be the envy of the human rights-abusing cop world. From Turkey to Indonesia they will say, 'Kidnapping peace protestors! How did they get away with that one?'

Let's make justice a process, not an afterthought

When you're silent, your silence condones it. Thus, whatever you believe in goes down the drain.

We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact.

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

A vulgar man, in any ill that happens to him, blames others; a novice in philosophy blames himself; and a philosopher blames neither, the one nor the other.

Our whole philosophy is one of transparency.

Fault always lies in the same place: with him weak enough to lay blame.

No problem is so big and difficult that it can't be blamed on somebody else.

Good Governance cannot remain merely a philosophy. Concrete steps have to be taken for realizing its goals.

Knowledge of our duties is the most essential part of the philosophy of life. If you escape duty you avoid action. The world demands results.

America's government is not even aware of the gap between its commitments and action, because almost nobody in authority understands the actions that would be needed to meet the commitments.

That's just the way: a person does a low-down thing, and then he don't want to take no consequences of it. Thinks as long as he can hide it, it ain't no disgrace.

I don't have any well-developed philosophy about journalism. Ultimately it is important in a society like this, so people can know about everything that goes wrong.

It is absolutely bedrock to the British Army's philosophy that a commanding officer is responsible for what goes on within his command.

My number one philosophy for leadership is leadership by example. If you are not willing to do it yourself, how can you show others how to do it?

There is no shame in doing the right thing, even if its too late.

Integrity is the ultimate foundation of leadership.

You are not responsible for the reader, you're only responsible for what you are writing.

Society has failed its inhabitants, just as its inhabitants have failed society.

Don't blame other people for your problems. Only you can do anything about your problems. Inspect, reflect, realize, and then find the cure. No one can do it for you.