Quotes About Responsibility

Maybe it's my libertarian philosophy: but being in government is hard.

Life is nothing until it is lived; but it is yours to make sense of, and the of it is nothing other than the sense you choose.

Man is condemned to be free

My philosophy is: Everybody needs to look out for everybody else.

One of the most destructive anti-concepts in the history of moral philosophy is the term 'duty.

That's a central part of philosophy, of ethics. What do I owe to strangers? What do I owe to my family? What is it to live a good life? Those are questions which we face as individuals.

It is absolutely bedrock to the British Army's philosophy that a commanding officer is responsible for what goes on within his command.

Man has the power to act as his own destroyer—and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.

We cannot teach children the danger of lying to men without feeling as men, the greater danger of lying to children.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

Man is free rather than man is freedom.

Do not cry that it is our duty to serve you. We do not recognize such duty. Do not cry that you need us. We do not consider need a claim. Do not cry that you own us. You don't.

There is no shame in doing the right thing, even if its too late.

Friendship is not an obligation or duty. It is a sweet responsibility.

Moreover God hath ordained man in this world, as it were, the very image of himself, to the intent, that he, as it were a god on earth, should provide for the wealth of all creatures.

You are not responsible for the reader, you're only responsible for what you are writing.

To experience the unknown, developing understanding and to care, that is our purpose.

Society has failed its inhabitants, just as its inhabitants have failed society.

You are the creator of your universe, and you are the destroyer of it too.

Don't blame other people for your problems. Only you can do anything about your problems. Inspect, reflect, realize, and then find the cure. No one can do it for you.

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?

Good things happen, bad things are done...

Your courage to take a risk and your ability to accept responsibility will define you.

Let the government not be an instructor but a parent who loves and adjusts to the needs of the nation, But remember a parent does what makes things look good to the entire family without segregation.