Quotes About Responsibility

The movement of nations is caused not by power, nor by intellectual activity, nor even by a combination of the two as historians have supposed, but by the activity of all the people who participate in the events, and who always combine in such a way that those taking the largest direct share in the event take on themselves the least responsibility and vice versa

War is not courtesy but the most horrible thing in life; and we ought to understand that and not play at war. We ought to accept this terrible necessity sternly and seriously. It all lies in that: get rid of falsehood and let war be war and not a game.

I did not expect this of you,' said the staff-captain seriously and severely. 'You don't wish to apologize, young sir, but it's not only to him but to the whole regiment—all of us—you're to blame all around. The

But a commander in chief, especially at a difficult moment, has always before him not one proposal but dozens simultaneously. And all these proposals, based on strategics and tactics,

Estou dizendo ao senhor. Sempre digo aos senhores funcionários da magistratura - prosseguiu o advogado - que não consigo vê-los sem me sentir grato, porque se eu não estou na prisão, e o senhor também, e todos nós, é apenas graças à bondade deles. Levar cada um de nós à privação dos direitos particulares e a lugares não tão distantes é a coisa mais fácil do mundo.

Animalele par s? ?tie c? progenitura le perpetueaz? specia ?i respect? o anumit? lege în acest sens.Numai omul nu ?tie asta ?i nici nu vrea.Singura lui grij? este s? guste din cât mai multe pl?ceri.

Do not the figures make it clear that not the English, but the Indians, have enslaved themselves?' One

But it is hard for a discontented man not to reproach someone else, especially the very one who is closest to him, for his discontent.

Pero es difícil que un hombre descontento consigo mismo no culpe a otra persona, sobre todo a la que tiene más cerca, de su situación. Y Levin

You are not to be guarded in your actions either by what has been or what will be, but only by what it is your own duty to do.

There are men who call land theirs, yet have never set eyes on that land and have never trodden it. There are men who call other men theirs, but yet have never set eyes on the other men, and their sole relation to those other men consists of doing them evil.

He was conscious of not caring as much for the boy as for the girl but did his best to treat them both alike. The boy felt this and did not respond to his father's cold smile.

A youth doesn't bother a man to be brave.

Mas, para uma pessoa insatisfeita, é difícil não por a culpa nos outros, sobretudo em quem estiver mais perto de tudo aquilo que causa a sua insatisfação.

That's just the point, my dear fellow, that cases may arise when the Government does not fulfill the will of its citizens and then Society announces its own will.

Since God has given us the papacy, let us enjoy it.

The worst evil is not to commit crimes, but to fail to do the good one might have done.

At best, most college presidents are running something that is somewhere between a faltering corporation and a hotel.

A country cannot live in disorder, incompetence, irresponsibility, uncertainty, and corruption.

No I wont whip you. Never no more. Sit down thar all of you and listen to what I got to tell you. I hates to do it but I must. You all aint my niggers no more. You is free. Just as free as I am. Here I have raised you all to work for me, and now you are going to leave me. I am an old man, and I cant get along without you. I dont know what I am going to do.

Innocence is no excuse in the eyes of the Law.

I have nothing against respecting people who lived before, but we have no responsibility toward them.

There are no illegitimate children — only illegitimate parents.

There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.