President-elect Barack Obama is starting to get an idea of…

Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.

— Benjamin Franklin

In the battle for police reform, accountability and justice, Americans don't have to re-invent the wheel. We just have to revoke the thing that…

— Jason Johnson

Transparency pertains to impartial behavior, implies openness, communication, and accountability. Inculcate transparency in attitude and experience a life free of controversy and blame

— Dr Anil Kr Sinha

Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions.…

— Atifete Jahjaga

Democracy is not being well served as we're accustomed to. There is less information, there's less investigation, there's less analysis, there's less accountability.

— Edward Greenspon

I come from a world where accountability and accomplishments matter, and where titles and rhetoric take a back seat to results.

— Carly Fiorina

It means a lot. It means I'm accountable.

— Champ Bailey

Our particular principles of religion are a subject of accountability to our god alone. I enquire after no man's and trouble none with mine;…

— Thomas Jefferson

This strongly asserted but ill-defined license to kill without accountability is not an entitlement which the United States or other states can have without…

— Philip Alston

Responsible Development shares many practices with XP but the roots are different. Responsible Development's values are honesty, transparency, accountability and responsibility. These lead me…

— Kent Beck

“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge… is empathy, for it…

— Bill Bullard

The American people deserve accountability over wasteful spending, and we accomplish that by prioritizing taxpayer dollars in a responsive and responsible manner.

— Katie Britt

If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, it ought to…

— Alan Dershowitz

“There are many professions that require individuals, on an ongoing basis, to pass drug tests, physicals and psychological evaluations in order to keep their…

— Gary Hopkins

“Expecting accountability from the UN system was akin to expecting a blind dog to catch a flying Frisbee.”

— Michael Soussan