Quotes About Responsibility

Isterijos ir baim?s apimti žmon?s seka paskui lozungus, nepriklausomai nuo to, kas ir kieno vardu juos skelbia, jei tik r?ksnys pažada masei prisiimti sunki? m?stymo našt? ir atsakomyb? už tai, ko ji bijo, bet negali išvengti.

For us lads of eighteen they ought to have been mediators and guides to the world of maturity, the world of work, of duty, of culture, of progress--to the future. We often made fun of them and played jokes on them, but in our hearts we trusted them. The idea of authority, which they represented, was associated in our minds with a greater insight and a more humane wisdom. But the first death we saw shattered this belief.

ÄŒlovÄ›k nedÄ›lá vždycky, co je správné, synu, Ã…â"¢ekl. Dokonce ani když to ví. V tom nÄ›kdy bývá kouzlo života. ChápeÅ¡?

We didn't want the war, the others say the same thing—and yet half the world is in it all the same." "But there are more lies told by the other side than by us," say I; "just think of those pamphlets the prisoners have on them, where it says that we eat Belgian children. The fellows who write those lies ought to go out and hang themselves. They are real culprits.

Amžina žmonijos scena: prievartos tarnai, j? auka, o greta - visada ir visais laikais - tre?ias, ži?rovas, kuris nepakelia rankos apginti auk? ir nebando jos išvaduoti, nes bijosi d?l sav?s. Ir kaip tik d?l to jam nuolatos gresia pavojus.

The scene struck me as typical of the sinister, demonic mob spirit of our times, of all the frightened, hysterical crowds who follow slogans. It makes no difference whether the slogans come from the right or the left, as long as they relieve the masses of the hard work of thinking and of the need to take responsibility.

Children, that's what a man needs—children, who know nothing about it.

Bir emir bu sessiz kiÅŸileri bizim düÅŸman?m?z yapt?. Bir emir onlar? dostumuz yapabilirdi. Hiçbirimizi tan?mayan birkaç kiÅŸi, herhangi bir masan?n çevresinde toplan?p bir yaz?y? imzalad?lar. BaÅŸka zaman olsa bütün dünyan?n hakaretini ve cezas?n? üstüne çekecek olan bu yaz?, bizler için y?llarca en yüksek amaç yerine geçecek.

Cilv?ks var b?t atbild?gs vien?gi par to, ko pats nodar?jis. Un ar? tikai tad, ja tas nav dar?ts p?c pav?les.

The coffins are really for us. The organization surpasses itself in that kind of thing.

Ko ?e kazniti Boga zato što ?ini te patimo? Ovde kod ljudi, kad se to u?ini, do?e se u tamnicu ili bude obešen. Ko ?e obesiti Boga?

Was werden unsere Väter tun, wenn wir einmal aufstehen und vor sie hintreten und Rechenschaft fordern?

Where would the world be if one brought every man to book? There were thousands of Kantoreks, all of whom were convinced that they were acting for the best—in a way that cost them nothing. And that is why they let us down so badly.

For us lads of eighteen they ought to have been mediators and guides to the world of maturity, the world of work, of duty, of culture, of progress—to the future. We often made fun of them and played jokes on them, but in our hearts we trusted them. The idea of authority, which they represented, was associated in our minds with a greater insight and a more humane wisdom.

There are thousands of Kantoreks, all of whom are convinced that they were acting for the best—in a way that cost them nothing.

Wir stehen unter der Tür. «Komm!» sagt sie. Ich schüttle den Kopf. «Ich kann nicht. Heute nicht.» Sie schweigt und sieht mich an, gerade und klar, ohne Vorwurf und ohne Enttäuschung; aber etwas in ihr scheint auf einmal erloschen zu sein. Ich senke die Augen. Mir ist, als hätte ich ein Kind geschlagen oder eine Schwalbe getötet. «Heute nicht», sage ich. «Später. Morgen.«

Selles peitubki maailma häda, et me ise ei tunne, mida me korda saadame.

Kad cilv?ks ir pieaudzis? [..] Kad vair?k dom? par sevi nek? par citiem.

People who write the false things and cause a disrupt ought to be strung up. They're the real villains

But how can a man look after anyone in the field!

bail?s un hist?rij? p?lis sekoja jebkuram sauklim, vienalga, no kuras puses tas n?ktu, ja vien p?lim pašam nav j?dom? un j?uz?emas atbild?ba, aizst?vot kaut ko, kas vi?u bied?, bet no k? vi?š nevar izvair?ties.

Anyway, there were thousands of Kantoreks, all of them convinced that they were acting for the best, in a way that was the most comfortable for themselves. But as far as we are concerned, that is the very root of their moral bankruptcy.

There were thousands of Kantoreks, all of whom were convinced that they were acting for the best—

The misery of millions is too big a price to pay for the heroics of a few.