Quotes by Responsibility A right is a responsibility in reverse. E. B. White reverseresponsibility The sin of respectable people reveals itself in flight from responsibility. Eberhard Bethge flightresponsibilitypeople To rail and rant against tyranny is to manifest inferiority, for there is no tyranny but ignorance; to be conscious of one's powers is to lose consciousness of tyranny. Self government is not a remote aim. It is an intimate and inescapable fact. To govern oneself is a natural imperative, and all tyranny is the miscarriage of self government. The first requisite of freedom is to accept responsibility for the lack of it. E.C. Riegel miscarriageignoranceresponsibility Consider the willful scorching of the earth, over-fishing, wasteful hunting, excessive and dangerous recycling of resources, and other similar "injustices" against the ways of nature share in the responsibility for this ecological spiraling down. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople huntingfishingresponsibility If I find here and Now unacceptable, I have three choices: Eckhart Tolle threechoicesresponsibility When you're in the public eye - whether it be entertainment, sports, medicine, politics, whatever way - you have an opportunity, and I think also an obligation and a responsibility, to disseminate good information. Ed Begley, Jr. eyeresponsibilitysports People do not always take responsibility for their own spirituality and their own spiritual relationship with God. Echo Bodine responsibilityspiritualpeople But I think a life of raising prize cattle, going shooting two or three times a year, fishing in the summer, and interspersing the whole thing with some golf and bridge - and whenever I felt like talking or writing, doing it with abandon and with no sense of responsibility whatsoever - maybe such a life wouldn't be so bad. Dwight D. Eisenhower responsibilitysummersports We do not have to accept the world as we find it. And we have a responsibility to leave our world a better place and never walk by on the other side of injustice. Ed Miliband our-worldresponsibilitysides I will work to restore fiscal responsibility to our country's budget and to provide for a more robust economy. Ed Pastor economyresponsibilitycountry The pollution of the planet is only an outward reflection of an inner psychic pollution: millions of unconscious individuals not taking responsibility for their inner space. Eckhart Tolle spaceresponsibilityreflection Men and women, inspired by faith in man's dignity, goaded by conviction in man's responsibility, labored that this land might be a better home for those who followed them. Because every American generation attacked its problems with fresh vigor, we have peopled a continent, subdued its prairies and wilderness, tamed its rivers and devoted its resources to the betterment of those who dwell in it. Dwight D. Eisenhower responsibilityhomemen Once you capitulate to one dictator, does that mean that the next dictator or the next terrorist that says you're not going to make a comedy about - or a film at all about ISIS. All of us in public life have a responsibility right now to speak out and to say, 'No, Sony, you did the wrong thing' and to say to Hollywood, come behind - the other studios should come behind Sony and offer their support. Ed Royce responsibilitylifemean Only by trusting in God can a man carrying responsibility find repose. Dwight D. Eisenhower trust-in-godresponsibilitymen The Federal Government has a responsibility to manage wisely those public lands and forests under its jurisdiction necessary in the interest of the public as a whole. ... In the utilization of these lands, the people are entitled to expect that their timber, minerals, streams and water supply, wildlife and recreational values should be safeguarded, improved and made available not only for this but for future generations. Dwight D. Eisenhower governmentlandresponsibility I've got four kids to feed and a wife to provide for. It's a worry but a great responsibility as well and one I relish. Eddie Marsan wiferesponsibilitykids Making 'Birdsong,' on the one hand you have how prestigious it is and the reputation of the book, which is something that's an extraordinary piece of work. Sebastian Faulkes is a genius. So you feel that responsibility when you're portraying that character that he's imagined and millions of readers have pictured. Eddie Redmayne responsibilitycharacterbook Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important. Edgar Bronfman, Jr. responsibilitytalkingchildren The more knowledge, the more responsibility. The more love, the more ability. Edgar Cayce more-knowledgeabilityresponsibility Responsibility is the price every man must pay for freedom. Edith Hamilton responsibilitypaymen«6162636465666768697071»
