Quotes About Responsibility

I am confident that I can serve my country without being involved as the president of the country now.

I cannot and will not violate my duty to protect confidential communications with the president.

If you're in government, that's one of the one things you have to do is to always avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.

The Kyle who made 'Smyle' honestly has a little more conflict in his life. He has a little more weight on his shoulders. He feels like he has to make an album about something. It's a Kyle with duty, with a plan, with a responsibility.

Conflict comes from a person's own actions, not what someone else does to them.

When you decide you're going to be a public servant, you should not be able to take on interests that conflict with the city.

Sometimes I have so many financial conflicts of interest that I can't even keep them straight.

This is the 21st century, and we would all like to think racism is dead in America. Actually, that's not the case: still there are some racial issues that are out across this nation, and so we have a responsibility as compassionate citizens of America, no matter what our ethnic group happens to be, to confront these issues when they arise.

If something that needs to be done that we don't feel confronting, we do it through the manager.

People always get confused. They talk about coaches. The reality is, these coaches and managers that everybody thinks are in so much control, they work for us. They're our employees.

When I was just writing books and giving lectures, if people disagreed, they just didn't buy your book or attend your lectures. But, if you're leading a congregation, people feel they have the right to tell you what you should or shouldn't talk about. And that hasn't always been easy for me.

Congress is not an ATM.

Congress should get the job done.

Congress can't take the year off, election or no election.

No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.

My focus has been on being a good congressman, and there is so much other work to do.

Trust is something I know has to be earned whether you're a husband, a father, or a congressman.

I think there's nothing that's not important. Everything you do - from how you connect with the guys in the locker room, to how you learn, to how you play on the field - everything's important; everything goes with the position.

I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!

There's something about the soul of a country that is somehow connected to the head of state.

There's the bond of a connection and the bond of bondage... When you are connected to somebody, everything each one does affects the other, and it's a kind of bondage. You're not as free as you would be if that person wasn't in your life.

What I do, it's part of my job, but you want to bring your kids up the right way and give them everything - to be there for them and have that connection.

All too often politicians duck issues for fear of the connotations attached to the subject. Leadership, however, means confronting those issues.

Living with a conscience is like driving with the brakes on.