Quotes About Responsibility

Most politicians keep close tabs on what's happening back home and work assiduously to keep lines of communications open with the political players in their states or districts.

I don't like politicians who vacillate.

If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.

Politicians, in many cases - their moral code will be dictated by what can get them reelected, what they can get away with. When you're out of office, I guess you're freed from those checks and balances.

I've developed a much greater respect for our politicians and every high-tech CEO. It's very easy to read about the things they did that you, of course, would have avoided in hindsight.

We can do better, and we must hold the politicians accountable to do better.

Almost all politicians are able to have a great one-on-one meeting. But I'm not interested in the candidate who can have a great meeting. I'm interested in the person who can make the right decisions.

The first step into justice begins with the politicians. You have to demand from yourself what you demand from people.

No doubt, corporate CEOs who lie to their shareholders and politicians who lie to their public know and believe intellectually that lying is immoral. Why then do they lie? They lie to others because they first lie to themselves.

I admire politicians. It is a really tough assignment, and I would fall at the first fence.

Politicians shouldn't spend most of their time in office trying to get reelected.

Politicians are fond of criticizing others.

In a democratic society, we politicians have to accept criticism, especially when it is founded.

We should look back now and then. Our politicians should look back every now and then.

When politicians say, 'Oh, parents should supervise their kids' Internet use,' it drives me crazy.

As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.

A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot.

The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.

Politics organizes our lives. We can't disregard it. Politics has lot of muck, lot of dirt. But that doesn't mean you have to be away from it. It's ubiquitous.

I am not a politician. I am not in politics. I'm just a citizen.

I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.

Politics ruins the character.

I think that has to do with our perception of politics. There are nice politicians. There is something about this job that does take an extra bit of motivation to get out of bed in the morning.