Quotes About Responsibility

He Showed Up. Throughout his life and times, whenever and wherever something important was on the line, he presented himself.

Thomas Jefferson said, "I tremble for my country when I remember that god is just.

Es que quiere evitar el mal y es incapaz de hacerlo? Entonces, es que es impotente. ¿Es que puede, pero no quiere? Entonces es malévolo. ¿Es que quiere y puede? Entonces, ¿de dónde proviene el mal?6

The church has made efforts to apologize for all this, but its complicity with fascism is an ineffaceable mark on its history, and was not a short-term or a hasty commitment so much as a working alliance which did not break down until after the fascist period had itself passed into history.

Cuanto peor es el infractor, más devoto resulta ser.

No creo en la inmortalidad del individuo, y considero que la ética es una preocupación exclusivamente humana que no está respaldada por ninguna autoridad sobrehumana.

The people who must never have power are the humorless.

If you can't hear, I hope it's not my fault.

he was praised from the clouds for showing his sturdy willingness to murder an innocent in expiation of his own crimes.

When intellectuals and artists withdraw from the fray, politicians feel safer.

I had failed him; I knew it. But I could do no more. It was beyond my strength. That night, I think, he explored the uttermost depths of his loneliness.

All right, we've heard your liberty speech. Does that include us or doesn't it?

Here, in their midst, George feels a sort of vertigo. Oh God, what will become of them all? What chance have they? Ought I to yell out to them, right now, here, that it's hopeless?

Legalism at one extreme (keep all the rules) and license at the other (reject any rules) are both completely wrong answers to the question of how Christians should live.

The people most reluctant to use weapons are the ones who can best be trusted with them.

Rather," Soval replied, "the people mutually consent to abide by those rules for their own collective benefit. They ensure their own safety and liberty by agreeing to respect others' safety and liberty—even when that requires making compromises. Absolute, unfettered freedom is only possible for one who lives absolutely alone. When one is part of a community, one must balance one's own freedoms and rights with those of others.

There are constraints on freedom, but only to the extent that different individuals' freedoms come into conflict. It is the responsibility of the state to moderate those conflicts equitably.

Or, as a famous human jurist once said, 'The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins,' " Archer added.

It's the ones who don't blame themselves who are more likely to be guilty of wrongdoing.

We demand too much of life, too little of ourselves.

The capacity for loyalty is stretched too thin when it tries to attach itself to the hypothetical solidarity of the human race.

If I be cruel and grow tyrannous, Now let them thank themselves, and rue too late.

Is not all the power on Earth bestowed on us {the Pope}, even if we wanted to, can do no wrong?

Don't drive drunk. Ever. Don't shag anyone you don't like, or who doesn't like you. Get a look at how people live in a place where you don't. Suffering is over-rated, don't pursue it. Ask for help when you need it, don't when you don't, and learn to recognize the difference. Don't confuse movement and progress. Be kind. Be forgiving. Pay attention.