Quotes About Accountability

Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting.

The future was eventually all about what you had really done, not what you wished you had done.

His mother had always said, 'We are all guilty of something even if it is only laziness or ignorance.' He had never understood what she meant till now.

Always fighting, arguing, and mouthing off to teachers and other pupils alike. But it was never her fault, it was always someone else's fault.

Once things were said out loud, they could never be taken back. They were out there for ever.

You have a blank piece of paper, Glenford, and what you eventually write on it is of your own doing. Good or bad, you have to decide for yourself.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil, remember.

Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader.

Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.

The Bible teaches that all authority rightfully belongs to God. Any legitimate authority people wield is delegated to them by God, and they must answer to Him for the way they use it. Authority is not to be used for personal gain. It's not about displaying personal power. It's about obediently serving the God who assigned you to serve in such a position—the very attitude demonstrated by Christ Himself.

Are Members of Parliament, for example, to be seen as delegates of the voters, bound to follow the will of their electorate? Or are they representatives, elected to exercise their own judgement in the changing circumstances of government?

That raised an issue still familiar in modern electoral systems. Are Members of Parliament, for example, to be seen as delegates of the voters, bound to follow the will of their electorate? Or are they representatives, elected to exercise their own judgement in the changing circumstances of government?

Those who have punished others without a hearing,' they insisted, 'ought not to have the right to be heard themselves.

The rule is simple: People with integrity are predisposed to perform; people without integrity are predisposed not to perform. It is best not to get the two confused.

When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.

A poor surgeon hurts 1 person at a time. A poor teacher hurts 130.

On love: I have no respect for anyone who says they've given up, or that they're not looking or that they're tired. That is to abrogate one's responsibility as a human being.

I am a big believer in the ''mirror test.'' All that matters is if you can look in the mirror and honestly tell the person you see there, that you've done your best.

Marriages may be made in heaven, but man is responsible for the maintenance work

If he could have reached it, he'd have kicked his own backside.

Bobby Lambrecht. It's after five

Saying something mean and then claiming you're not yourself doesn't take the hurt away.

Taking another life, she had whispered, even a guilty one, should never be easy. If it were, we'd be little more than animals.