Quotes About Responsibility

Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law.

My part is not a heroic one, but I shall play my part.

To invite people to dine with us is to make ourselves responsible for their well-being for as long as they are under our roofs.

A society which allows an abominable event to burgeon from its dung heap and grow on its surface is like a man who lets a fly crawl unheeded across his face or saliva dribble from his mouth -- either epileptic or dead.

God gave me a great body and it's my duty to take care of my physical temple.

Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

Luck's always to blame.

We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.

Heavy socialization is the single smartest investment you can make in a dog.

Am înlocuit dintotdeauna, de când exist? neamul nostru, banul, care poate fi al oricui, cu onoarea, care nu-i decât a noastr?. Aceast? onoare se nume?te fidelitate. De îndat? ce vreo fisur?, oricât e mic?, se va ivi în edificiul mereu neterminat al continuit??ii noastre, se va apropia momentul în care el se va pr?bu?i în întregime.

We cannot prove that privileged owe something to the rest, any more than we can prove that theft is wrong.

The loneliness of command had made Eisenhower emotionally self-sufficient.

Ike was like a giant umbrella. He absorbed what was coming down from above, shielded his commanders from higher authority, and about them to fight the war without excessive second-guessing.

The Eisenhower administration, and Ike himself, bear heavy responsibility for snuffing out responsible government in Iran.

Rice assumed her duty was to translate Bush's instincts and intuition into policy. Instincts and intuition are a poor substitute for reasoned analysis. [...] "He was feeling his way," said Cheney.

But practicalities have to be tended to, even during emergencies.

Mama and Nathan lean on me a lot, but they give me a lot of rope, too. Maybe too much." "Maybe," I say. "I can shorten it for you.

Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself.

Would it perturb you to see things as they are? To gaze at the world tranquilly and accept responsibility for your gaze, whatever it might see?

Je me disais : "Tu barreras dans l'Histoire de France de ta fille tout ce qui est exaltation à la guerre." Mais il aurait fallu tout barrer et comme j'avais malgré tout essayé, l'institutrice vint chez moi et me dit : "Que voulez-vous, monsieur Giono, comment pouvons-nous faire ?

Il faut se moquer, en tout cas se méfier des bâtisseurs d'avenir. Surtout quand pour bâtir l'avenir des hommes à naître, ils ont besoin de faire mourir les hommes vivants. L'homme n'est la matière première que de sa propre vie.

Il s'appelait le Louis. Crevé, fin crevé. La gerbe tremblait au bout de sa fourche, et toujours à s'en prendre au bon dieu. Comme si c'était lui, le responsable ! Au fond, c'était peut-être la première fois qu'il travaillait.

This woman could call upon the earth and the heavens to do her bidding. But she gave up her power to be human. Write this into your record, Judge—this Ondine was the most human human being that ever lived. She was human by choice.