Quotes About Responsibility

Never before have so few been in a position to make fools, maniacs, or criminals of so many.

When the Individual feels, the community reels.

Ordinary men, we have seen, are not much interested in any political problems which do not immediately affect themselves.

Imagine a factory staffed by Alphas—that is to say by separate and unrelated individuals of good heredity and conditioned so as to be capable (within limits) of making a free choice and assuming responsibilities. Imagine it!

Cuanto mayores son los talentos de un hombre más grande es su poder de corromper a los demás. Y es mejor que sufra uno solo a que se corrompan muchos. (...) El asesino sólo mata al individuo, y, al fin y al cabo, ¿qué es un individuo? Podemos fabricar otro nuevo con la mayor facilidad; tantos como queramos.

Murder kills only the individual.

los hombres se someten a amar lo que tienen que hacer, sin saber siquiera que eso es someterse.

The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray. It is better that one should suffer than that many should be corrupted.

el individuo siente, la comunidad se resiente -citó Lenina.

Reality cannot be ignored except at a price; and the longer the ignorance is persisted in, the higher and more terrible becomes the price that must be paid.

Providence takes its cue from men

The wound is mortal and is mine.

Political liberty's a swindle because a man doesn't spend his time being political. He spends it sleeping, eating, amusing himself a little and working?—mostly working. When they'd got all the political liberty they wanted?—or found they didn't want?—they began to understand this.

No podemos permitir que la ciencia destruya su propia obra. Por esto limitamos tan escrupulosamente el alcance de sus investigaciones.

Los dioses son justos, sin duda, pero su código legal es dictado, en última instancia, por las personas que organizan la sociedad. La Providencia recibe órdenes de los hombres.

quit custodiet custodes - ¿quién montará la guardia a nuestros guardianes?

Light illuminates the path of humanity: it is our own fault if we go over the brink.

El más grave de todos los ´pecados´ es el autoengaño

Are human beings so much more worthy and better than we are, that they are allowed to take advantage of so many cruel privileges with impunity?

Usted tiene hijos? -No. -¿Por qué? El hombre respondió que, para tener hijos era necesario tener confianza en el mundo

Bisogna avere fiducia nel mondo per fare dei figli.

Ci disarma, infatti, l'inclinazione a pensare che la nostra vita sia, innanzitutto, un frammento conclusivo della vita dei nostri genitori, solo, affidato alla nostra cura. Come se ci avessero incaricato, in un momento di stanchezza, di tenere un attimo quell'epilogo per loro prezioso; ci si aspettava da noi che lo restituissimo, prima o poi, intatto. L'avrebbero poi ricollocato a posto, formando la rotondità di una vita completa, la loro.

I produttori di seta di Lavilledieu erano, chi più chi meno, dei gentiluomini, e mai avrebbero pensato di infrangere una qualsiasi legge del loro Paese. L'ipotesi di farlo dall'altra parte del mondo, tuttavia, risultò loro ragionevolmente sensata.

only guilt admitted accepts truth.