Accountability Quotes

314 quotes by 268 authors

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten.' — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority,… — Louise Slaughter
Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny. — Paul Tillich
I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people. — Jesse Ventura
I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of a healthy and… — Ai Weiwei
Why don't we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices. — Paul Wellstone
It was accountability that Nixon feared. — Bob Woodward
Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government. — Bob Woodward
Bahaism gives you a pluralistic view, and a lot of aspects of Hinduism give you a moral framework with no accountability other than the karmic… — Ravi Zacharias
Once Google is selected to run the infrastructure on which we are changing the world, Google will be there for ever. Democratic accountability will not… — Evgeny Morozov
The choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil. — Boyd K. Packer
The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Whether or not you believe in God, you must believe this: when we as a species abandon our trust in a power greater than us,… — Dan Brown
It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts. — Mahatma Gandhi
If there is one tendency of the day which more than any other is unhealthy and undesirable, it is the tendency to deify mere "smartness,"… — Theodore Roosevelt
In order to escape accountability for his crimes, the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting. If secrecy fails, the perpetrator attacks the… — Judith Lewis Herman
[Government] regulation is an imperfect substitute for the accountability, and trust, built into a market in which food producers meet the gaze of eaters and… — Michael Pollan
People who carry in their hearts a strong conviction concerning the living reality of the Almighty and their accountability to Him for what they do… — Gordon B. Hinckley
A lack of affiliation may mean a lack of accountability, and forming a sense of commitment can be hard without a sense of community. Displacement… — Pico Iyer

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