Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
Ronald ReaganIt's not about using the stage as a platform to preach. It's about people coming together with the responsibility to do something. Hopefully, they'll be galvanised.
James BluntFriendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
Kahlil GibranAn individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.
Robert Baden-PowellIt'd be stupid for me to sit here and say that there aren't kids who look up to me, but my responsibility is not to them. I'm not a baby sitter.
EminemThe hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.
Nelson AlgrenSome things are a dying art in this country, particularly the idea of individual responsibility and dignity.
Andrew GoodmanIn a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone.
Geoffrey FisherResponsibility is the price of freedom.
Elbert HubbardSoftware companies should take more responsibility for security holes, especially in browsers and e-mail clients. There are some straightforward things the industry should be doing right now to fix things, and I don't know why they haven't been done yet.
Tim Berners-LeeI'm not sure I understand how responsibility for our choices makes sense if they are not determined.
Thomas NagelThe game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
Michael JordanOne can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it.
Benevenuto CelliniThe fact is that democracy brings with it a serious element of responsibility and all parties have to accept that fact to move forward.
Daniel GreenbergSome pretty senior young individuals in and around the Cabinet should share the responsibility for talking up an election and referring publicly on the radio to where the risk lies.
David WinnickAs a member of Congress, I believe it is the responsibility of those elected to represent the people at every level of government to ensure that our government works to ensure that every person who wants gainful employment has it.
Leonard BoswellI understand it's my responsibility to uphold the spirit of the game
[on yet another fine for dissent - is he fit to captain?]
Ricky PontingFor how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the sun grows cold? That's the responsibility we hold in our hands.
David BrowerResponsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fibre.
Frank CraneI believe you have a responsibility to comport yourself in a manner that gives an example to others. As a young man, I prayed for success. Now I pray just to be worthy of it.
Brendan FraserWe have been given the privilege and responsibility of living on Earth to see it isn't ruined.
Allen JohnsonPatriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility. Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill (The Colonel's Daughter)
Richard AldingtonThe first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
Max DepreePower is only too happy to make football bear a diabolical responsibility for stupifying the masses
Jean BaudrillardThe federal government has a responsibility to protect all Americans from potential terrorist attack.
Bob EtheridgeIt is our responsibility as Americans to provide for the families of those who have died to defend our nation.
Brian BairdThe political tradition of ancient thought, filtered in Italy by Machiavelli, says one thing clearly: every prince needs allies, and the bigger the responsibility, the more allies he needs.
Silvio BerlusconiThe Führer alone is the present and future German reality and its law. Learn to know ever more deeply: from now on every single thing demands decision, and every action responsibility.
Martin HeideggerMan must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.
Albert Schweitzer You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.
Marie CurieIt is hard to imagine a greater responsibility and honour [than being given this job by Gordon Brown which was a big surprise to everyone]
Jacqui SmithYou cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.
Marie CurieA hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.
Bob DylanLife is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
Anthony RobbinsSince we humans have the better brain, isn't it our responsibility to protect our fellow creatures from, oddly enough, ourselves?
Joy AdamsonWhen the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again
Edith HamiltonBut without a caring society, without each citizen voluntarily accepting the weight of responsibility, government is destined to grow even larger, taking more of your money, burrowing deeper into your lives.
Jeb BushRadical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.
Pope John Paul IIRank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
Peter F DruckerI have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility...
King Edward VIIII believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.
Coretta KingThe House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.
Tom StoppardWe are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.
Richard Feynman He treated me like a son and I let him down. I must take some responsibility for him getting the sack. I regret letting him down so much.
Kieron DyerFind your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.
Gary SnyderDon't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out.
Donald RumsfeldWhatever happens, take responsibility.
Anthony RobbinsI stand on the sidewalk watching it because the responsibility is mine and I must, I take a very firm hold on the handles of the baby carriage and I wheel it into the traffic.
Grace AbbottI've done movies with a sword before. But I haven't really been given the full responsibility of something like a Ridley Scott film.
Orlando BloomWhat on earth is he going to get paid for? [on John Prescott keeping all his favours for zero departmental responsibility]
Kate Hoey
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