Quotes About Responsibility

Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me.

When you see corruption, when you see injustice, you speak up. You don't just shut up and say it's none of my business.

You ain't got to run your mouth. All you got to do is let you actions speak.

If you don't speak out now when it matters, when would it matter for you to speak out?

I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.

Artists have a responsibility to speak and to act when governments fail, and if we don't do that, we really deserve the world we get.

I'm a guy that leads from example, but sometimes I need to speak up.

Continue to speak out against all forms of injustice to yourselves and others, and you will set a mighty example for your children and for future generations.

We, as a people, we gotta know when it's time to speak up and when it's time to shut up.

Some leaders speak a lot in the dressing room, on the field and others do it with actions contributing important things in games, deciding big games.

Barack is at a level where he can't - no matter how much he wants to or how much we want him to - he's not going to come take out our garbage, so to speak. He can't be the garbage man and the president. He can't be the mayor and the alderman. He can't fill all those roles. So I always push for local, local activity on the political scene.

You can't be dismissive of important things. You have to speak out, even if you don't get the results you would like to have.

In business, there's a saying: 'Disagree and commit.' It means that everyone should speak up before a decision is made. But once the boss has decided, you all get behind it to make it happen.

I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.

Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed.

If you asked me if I'd rather be Speaker or a very senior minister, I'd say Speaker.

Being the keynote speaker at the convention this year is an honor I don't take lightly. I know I've got some big shoes to fill. Two conventions ago, the keynote speaker was a guy named Barack Obama.

Speaker Boehner is doing a great job.

I agree with the Speaker and have concluded that my other activities do not permit me to devote the time that membership of the Lords properly requires.

You have to make some hard decisions when you're speaker.

Paul Ryan needs to step down as Speaker of the House.

You are not speaking for yourself, but for Ireland.

Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk.

If you're CEO of a company, you have to be a public person. You're speaking to the press, you're speaking to investors, you're speaking to employees, you're the public face of the company and so kind of naturally you become more extroverted, more outwards facing.