Quotes About Responsibility

If the President really wanted to know exactly how Rove and Libby were involved, he could walk down to their offices and demand that they answer him honestly.

You cannot be in your offices every day doing nothing... and at the end of the day you expect to be paid.

We continue to confront racism from our past and our present, which is why we must hold everyone, from the highest offices to our own families, accountable for racist words and deeds and call racism what it is - wrong.

If you were a public official, you had to be accountable, and you had to be reachable.

I'm quite happy to perform my official duties. But on the other hand, I've always wanted to be independent and to have my own career.

The First Lady is such a fascinating office to hold. You're not elected, but it's very much official. You can see the latitude of power of that office.

The nature of constitutional delegations of power is that they entitle the empowered official to do certain things that other people can't do.

I would like to change the refereeing system. The pressure that is put on an official in a match is too large.

And I think when you're an elected official, rightly so, you should watch what you say.

The pictures and dresses and official functions - that's my job, but it's not my whole life.

I am an elected official. I am a parent.

I'm hard-wired to view everything that Albany does through the lens of a local town, city, county official.

My biggest problem when I was younger was trying to balance my ability with what the team needed me to do to officially run the offense.

If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public.

People want our elected officials to govern and for government to work.

The human element should be the two players on the court, not the officials. The best officials are the ones you never notice. The nature of the game made officials too noticeable a part.

When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same.

Millions of people are asking for accountability, for responsibility, for truth from their elected officials, truth about how Obamacare is failing the men and women of America.

The job of elected officials is to answer to the people who sent them to Washington - not to scorn them, not to demean them, not to mock them, and not to sell their jobs and dreams to the highest bidder.

The American people should not be footing the bill for federal employees who stonewall Congress or rewarding government officials' bad behavior.

People should hold elected officials accountable for how they vote. Period.

Senior officials are always looking for good juniors, so when the opportunity comes, they give you the responsibilities.

I do believe that the majority of elected officials worked very hard and their heart is in the right place.

One of the reasons the American public holds unelected government officials in such low esteem is that they are never held accountable for their failures.