Quotes About Accountability

The confidence that we Indians are suddenly infused with while doing something wrong is absolutely commendable.

One of the ways to make sure policies are more transparent and to help restore people's confidence in politicians... is to ensure renewal at the highest level of office.

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

The worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong.

As long as you have the courage to admit mistakes, things can be turned around.

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors.

There is no avoidance in delay.

But what I realize, here, now, is that it's not actually making the choice that takes courage. It's facing it afterward. Owning up to it, whether it's good or bad.

Few things are more damaging to our democracy than a military officer who doesn't have the moral courage to stand up for what's right or the moral fiber to step aside when circumstances dictate.

We should not be much concerned about faults we have the courage to own.

The test before us as a people is not whether our commitments match our will and our courage; but whether we have the will and courage to match our commitments.

My dad, like any coach, has always stressed the fundamentals. He taught me responsibility, accountability, and the importance of hard work.

If a builder build a house for some one, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built fall in and kill its owner, then that builder shall be put to death.

The only excuse for not coming to a class or a performance is death.

I am not afraid of death. What I am afraid of is that I will meet the Saviour and He will say, 'You could have done better'

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.

Whatever we have done with our lives makes us what we are when we die. And everything, absolutely everything, counts.

Death - by hanging! - that, at least, I did not deserve. The death part - all right, somebody has to stand for the responsibility. But that - that I did not deserve!

If a cricketer suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, are you going to ban cricket bats?

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.

When something horrible happens, it's human nature to want to blame it on someone. We want someone to be held accountable, even though sometimes things just happen.

In September, you son of a bitch, I am going to be thirty years old! Correct, Monkey, correct! Which is precisely why it is you and not me who is responsible for your expectations and your dreams! Is that clear? you!

What do you do with the kid who can't read?... You find a pay phone as fast as you can and rectify your idiotic mistake.