Quotes About Responsibility

Then there is the worst part of Christianity, which is awful: power, corruption, manipulation... But then again, these feature are ever present in any organization.

With great power comes great responsibilty.

Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

You see, I, unlike you, have been made a prefect, which means that I, unlike you, have the power to hand out punishments." "Yeah," said Harry, "but you, unlike me, are a git.

The inability of those in power to still the voices of their own consciences is the great force leading to change.

Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.

Let's be clear. The planet is not in jeopardy. We are in jeopardy. We haven't got the power to destroy the planet - or to save it. But we might have the power to save ourselves.

If as an environmentalist we are against anything... it is against the arrogance of power and the most obcene ways it shows up, which is in greed.

We can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.

I place my own hope for the United States in the growth of belief among the unqualified that they are in fact qualified: they can articulate and be responsible and hold power

A mighty power and stronger Man from his throne has hurled,For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world.

If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.

I find myself in a new and strange position here: President, cabinet, Gen. Scott, and all deferring to me. By some strange operation of magic I seem to have become the power of the land.

Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in office as essential to the preservation of the nation.

If people don't think they have the power to solve their problems, they won't even think about how to solve them.

If you're just the person with power, exercising that power fearfully and angrily, you're going to be an operative of injustice and inequality.

If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

The power to destroy the world by the use of nuclear weapons is a power that cannot be used - we cannot accept the idea of such monstrous immorality.

Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.

Design is both a political and cultural force for change, although most designers choose not to think about the power it has.

Kings and magistrates are invested with no more power than the people entrust to them.

The practice of leadership is not the same as the exercise of power.