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Quotes About Responsibility

Just as I would not abide by a resolution ordering me to kill Salvadorans. I also cannot abide by a resolution that orders me to let them die.
~ Nayib Bukele
One of the first duties of a Scout is obedience to authority. He must obey his orders in the first place and put his own amusement or desires in the second.
~ Robert Baden-Powell
In 'Battlestar' I'm the military and spiritual leader as well as a father. As a military commander I can treat Apollo only as I treat everyone else. At certain times, Adama has to be the commander and give the necessary orders, no matter how much it may pain him to do so.
~ Lorne Greene
The men and women of the American military have the courage to follow orders. They deserve a commander-in-chief with the courage to give them.
~ Jason Kander
I believe orders should be obeyed, but sometimes you have to think about the orders you get.
~ Ariel Sharon
When you meet your kids, you realize that they deserve great parents. And then you have your marching orders, and you have to try and become the person that they deserve.
~ Ryan Gosling
I'm under contract. Whatever the UFC asks, I have to do because they are my bosses and they treat me very well. I can't complain about that, and it's this, man: When you have a boss, you need to follow orders.
~ Rafael dos Anjos
I want to tell governments and courts, 'Give orders that can be implemented.' They should not give orders that work to break the faith of people.
~ Amit Shah
Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The average ordinary citizen can do a lot of different things when it comes to the climate crisis.
~ Lawrence Bender
I certainly think it's very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about things that matter to them.
~ Vikram Seth
Needless to say, innumerable challenges exist in all areas of governance, and much more needs to be done to help the Afghan government assume full responsibility for addressing the concerns of ordinary Afghan citizens.
~ David Petraeus
If you're going to have a free economy, one in which the ordinary citizen can dispose of his own income, you're going to have people who dispose of it in an anti-social way.
~ Roger Scruton
I am just as ordinary as anyone else, and I also have my problems, but I also am responsible for my own health. So I'll be on that exercise bike, I'll be out there walking and try to improve my health and diet as much as I'm expecting of other Tasmanians.
~ Lara Giddings
I'm just an ordinary judge from California.
~ Joseph Wapner
I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.
~ Nelson Mandela
Given appropriate social conditions, decent, ordinary people can be led to do extraordinarily cruel things.
~ Albert Bandura
I am just an ordinary person trying to do an ordinary job.
~ Jeremy Corbyn
Given a fair shot, given a fair chance, Americans have never, ever, ever, ever let their country down. Never. Never. Ordinary people like us. Who do extraordinary things.
~ Joe Biden
Oregon deserves a Governor who is fully focused on the duties of state.
~ Ted Wheeler
The responsibility for good government lies not just with governments themselves but also with every other part of the system they operate in, including media, non-governmental organisations and the public.
~ Geoff Mulgan
I am proud to be a Next 20 ambassador for Kick It Out and take this role very seriously for an organisation that does such good work.
~ Toni Duggan
I wouldn't say I was organised at all. I just have to prioritise. Is it more important for them to be organised, or to have their dinner, do you know what I mean?
~ Jo Brand
I need to be coming off the pitch every game with my voice gone, and that's something I can bring. I am just someone who likes to organise, make sure everything is well organised, because that makes it a lot easier for yourself too.
~ Virgil van Dijk