Accountability Quotes · Page 9

Everything is about accountability to the American people, accountability of the executive branch ... [and] accountability of the oversight of the Congress

— Jay Rockefeller

I think as a leader, you just take accountability. That's what leadership is. Leadership is taking accountability yourself and holding others to…

— Jason Kelce

There's a real danger in the way our representative government functions today. It functions properly only when paired with accountability.

— Edward Snowden

It is national parliaments, which are, and will remain, the true source of real democratic legitimacy and accountability in the EU.

— David Cameron

Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.

— Raghuram Rajan

“We believe the principles of execution have always been focus, leverage, engagement, and accountability. Are”

— Chris McChesney

Because of my upbringing, I believe in things like limited government, fiscal responsibility and personal accountability. I believe in the wisdom of…

— John Thune

Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a…

— Jim Nussle

Once a term like "open source" entered our vocabulary, one could recast the whole public policy calculus in very different terms, so…

— Evgeny Morozov

“This is happening to me ," said Montag. "What a dreadful surprise," said Beatty. "For everyone nowadays knows, absolutely is certain ,…

— Ray Bradbury

I really believe, if I learned anything in the military, it was that I was accountable for my actions and I like…

— Joe Sestak

Labour's frankly dangerous plan to scrap Ofsted would see children less safe. Their policy of abolishing all primary assessments would remove accountability.…

— Gavin Williamson

God gave us reason. He gave us the ability to reason and also have faith and I think that reason and faith…

— James Wasserman

Subsidiarity is the principle that government works best most responsibly and responsively when it is closest to the people it serves and…

— Jane Jacobs

Transparency, accountability and sustainability have become the slogans of the market leaders. Companies carry out environmental and social audits to court the…

— Noreena Hertz

The challenge of course is in sobriety and that's been the blessing, to realize, to take accountability for the ways that your…

— Bonnie Raitt

Law-abiding Americans deserve to know that their government will not secretly tap their phones, read their medical records, access their library accounts…

— Ralph Neas

When corruption is king, there is no accountability of leadership and no trust in authority. Society devolves to the basic units of…

— Nuhu Ribadu

“The cure for toxic leadership in governance isn’t just better policies; it’s fostering a culture where ethics, accountability, and inclusion are non-negotiable.”

— Abhysheq Shukla

[Some outlets] shouldn't even call themselves news providers; they're just entertainment gossip without any sort of accountability or fact-checking.

— Scott Eastwood

“Leaders facilitating team responsibilities must link accountability to motivation in order to be highly effective.”

— Michael Nir

Bringing accountability to the judiciary must be preceded by frank public discussion and debate. Unfortunately that cannot get started with the threat…

— Prashant Bhushan

Each finger on your shooting hand is accountable to each shot. Just like each thought you think has some accountability to someone…

— Ed Palubinskas

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…

— Edward Greenspon

Individualism. Narcissism. Value-free choices. These are all key elements in the decline of the practice of mutual accountability in Western churches, among…

— David Augsburger

Laws were changed and regulations repealed until an Enron can set sail without responsibility, supervision, or accountability.

— Molly Ivins

I've made tough calls and tough times and been held accountability. I think that is the kind of leadership that the American…

— Carly Fiorina

I introduced the Transparency in Government Act, a multi-faceted transparency bill that would bring unprecedented access and accountability to the federal government.

— Mike Quigley

“Taking personal accountability is a beautiful thing because it gives us complete control of our destinies.”

— Heather Schuck

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

— Carly Fiorina

“Telling the truth may cause a few seconds of pain, but there's no medicine that can manage the pain of keeping lies.”

— R.M. Ford

“When people say "If I only knew then what I know now" makes me wonder why they aren't using that wisdom now.”

— Rob Liano

The United States stands at the pinnacle of world power. This is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with primacy…

— Winston Churchill

“Good relentlessly calls us to accountability, abjectly refusing to hand us free passes for poor choices and unethical decisions.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

The irony of the matter is that the future generations do not have a vote. In effect, we hold their proxy.

— Charles J. Hitch

I would encourage the people out in Chicago and all of us to continue to press for, that type of prosecutorial accountability.

— Hakeem Jeffries

My parents owned a company at the airport that manufactured and repaired custom bits and pieces for airplanes - precision and accountability…

— Bryan Baeumler

Parliamentary obstructionism should be avoided. It is a weapon to be used in the rarest of the rare cases. Parliamentary accountability is…

— Arun Jaitley

“When I’m at the bottom looking up, the main question may not be ‘how do I get out of this hole?’ In…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

Those who are weak in attitude ignore opportunities to take action and deflect accountability, presuming that because they didn't create the situation,…

— DrAnil Kr Sinha