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> [The script for this film was written 52 years ago by Edward R. Murrow, who taught us many valuable lessons about responsibility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-clooney/the-script-for-this-film-was-written-52-years-ago-by-edward-r-murrow/)

[George Clooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-clooney/)

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> [There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haile-selassie/there-is-no-power-or-authority-without-responsibility-and-he-who/)

[Haile Selassie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haile-selassie/)

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> [I leave everything to the young men. You've got to give youthful men authority and responsibility if you're going to build up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amadeo-giannini/i-leave-everything-to-the-young-men-you-ve-got-to-give-youthful-men/)

[Amadeo Giannini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amadeo-giannini/)

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> [Move decisions out to the Cabinet and agencies. Strengthen them by moving responsibility, authority, and accountability their direction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-rumsfeld/move-decisions-out-to-the-cabinet-and-agencies-strengthen-them-by/)

[Donald Rumsfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-rumsfeld/)

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> [Instead of solving economic problems, government welfare socialism created monstrous moral and spiritual problems - the kind of problems that are inevitable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/star-parker/instead-of-solving-economic-problems-government-welfare-socialism/)

[Star Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/star-parker/)

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> [Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folkways and superstition, and of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/management-means-in-the-last-analysis-the-substitution-of-thought-for/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c90/peter-drucker-393_analysis_management-means-in-the-last-analysis-th_39641.png)

> [No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the fact,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/no-experiment-can-be-more-interesting-than-that-we-are-now-trying-and/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dba/thomas-jefferson-43_action_no-experiment-can-be-more-interesting-th_725668.jpg)

> [The ambiguous, gray areas of authority and responsibility between parents and teachers exacerbate the distrust between them. The distrust is further complicated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-lawrence-lightfoot/the-ambiguous-gray-areas-of-authority-and-responsibility-between/)

[Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-lawrence-lightfoot/)

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> [Tibetans must take full authority and responsibility for developing industry, looking from all different perspectives, taking care of the environment, conserving resources…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/tibetans-must-take-full-authority-and-responsibility-for-developing/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/dalai-lama-89_authority_tibetans-must-take-full-authority-and-re_2650277.jpg)

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