Quotes about responsibility
responsibility law justice
Freedom of conscience is a natural right, both antecedent and superior to all human laws and institutions whatever; a right which laws never gave and a right which laws can never take away. John Goodwin
responsibility self dependence-on-others
There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self. John Gay
responsibility people kind
And I kind of feel that I have a responsibility to the people that invest their time and money with me to show up on the set every day and do the best of which I am capable. John Frankenheimer
responsibility rights justice
Our privileges can be no greater than our obligations. The protection of our rights can endure no longer than the performance of our responsibilities. John F. Kennedy
responsibility white political
Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.
responsibility atheism church
If my church attempted to influence me in a way which was improper or which affected adversely my responsibilities as a public servant sworn to uphold the Constitution, then I would reply to them that this was an improper action on their part. It was one to which I could not subscribe.
responsibility decision
Our responsibility is one of decision, for to govern is to choose.
responsibility unfinished-business people
The function and responsibility of the President is to set before the American people the unfinished business, the things we must do if we are going to succeed as a nation.
responsibility voting vote
The margin is narrow, but the responsibility is clear.
responsibility men law
Third, and finally, the educated citizen has an obligation to uphold the law. This is the obligation of every citizen in a free and peaceful society--but the educated citizen has a special responsibility by the virtue of his greater understanding. For whether he has ever studied history or current events, ethics or civics, the rules of a profession or the tools of a trade, he knows that only a respect for the law makes it possible for free men to dwell together in peace and progress.
responsibility people presidential
Harry Truman once said, 'There are 14 or 15 million Americans who have the resources to have representatives in Washington to protect their interests, and that the interests of the great mass of the other people - the 150 or 160 million - is the responsibility of the president of the United States, and I propose to fulfill it.'
responsibility government political
No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.
responsibility privilege
And with privilege goes responsibility.
responsibility land voice
There will always be dissident voices heard in the land, expressing opposition without alternatives, finding fault but never favor, perceiving gloom on every side and seeking influence without responsibility.
responsibility political politics
Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen.
responsibility character actors
I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters. Jonathan Demme
responsibility be-good ancestor
Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors. Jonas Salk
responsibility thinking
I don't like the climate in which writers have to work in the USA and I think it's my responsibility to talk about it. Edward Albee
responsibility writing people
Writing should be useful. If it can't instruct people a little bit more about the responsibilities of consciousness there's no point in doing it.
responsibility writing people
The responsibility of the writer is to be a sort of demonic social critic -- to present the world and people in it as he sees it and say, "Do you like it? If you don't like it, change it.
responsibility comfort aids
A playwright has a responsibility in his society not to aid it, or comfort it, but to comment and criticize it.
responsibility dark animal
It is not enough to hold the line against the dark. It is your responsibility to lead into the light. People don't like the light--it reveals too much. But hand in hand with the creative artist, you can lead people into the wisdom that is known to all other animals: simply, that it is the dark we have to fear.
responsibility men pay
Responsibility is the price every man must pay for freedom. Edith Hamilton
responsibility important way
In whatever way change comes, the important thing is to take responsibility for this moment. Then, life becomes cooperative. Eckhart Tolle
responsibility needs helpful
When you are aligned with the now internally, when you take responsibility for this moment, then life is helpful and tends to bring you what you need.
responsibility thinking leader
Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader. Hermann Hesse
responsibility faults owen-meany
It is your responsibility to find fault with me, it is mine to hear you out. But don't expect me to change. John Irving
responsibility marijuana trying
"We have a responsibility and an obligation to do everything we can to try to make this work." John Hickenlooper
responsibility generations earth
Each generation must assume the responsibility of securing their manhood, their womanhood, the definition of their being on earth that in the final analysis is nationhood. John Henrik Clarke
responsibility guilt doe
Faith is illuminative, not operative; it does not force obedience, though it increases responsibility; it heightens guilt, but it does not prevent sin. The will is the source of action. John Henry Newman
responsibility people jehovah
It was the disobedience and rebellion of the Jews, God's chosen people, to their covenantal responsibility to serve only the one true God, Jehovah, that gave rise to the opposition and persecution that they experienced beginning in Canaan and continuing to this very day. John Hagee
responsibility important use
Ive been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities to the fullest. John Engler
responsibility past forgiving
Although you should not erase your responsibility for the past, when you make the past your jailer, you destroy your future. It is such a great moment of liberation when you learn to forgive yourself, let the burden go, and walk out into a new path of promise and possibility. John O'Donohue