Responsibility Quotes

"Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community."

- Andrew Carnegie

""To be a mother of a son is one of the most important things you can do to change the world. Raise them to respect women, raise them to stand up for others, raise them to be kind.""

- Shannon L. Alder

"You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it."

- Pirkei Avot 2:21

"A man of fifty is responsible for his face."

- Chinese Proverb

"(24/7) once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer."

- Jodi Picoult

"This is my kingdom. If I don't fight for it, who will?"

- Simba

"Talk about your negative experiences with the father, with your girlfriends. Not with your children. And bite your tongue when it comes to diminishing, denying, dismissing, name-calling."

- Iyanla Vanzant

"A democracy must remain at home in all matters which affect the nature of her institutions."

- William Borah

"We need to make every single thing accessible to every single person with a disability."

- Stevie Wonder

"We are bound by ideals that teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these ideals. Every citizen must uphold them. … I ask you to be citizens. Citizens, not spectators. Citizens, not subjects. Responsible citizens building communities of service and a nation of character."

- George W. Bush

"Democracy is like blowing your nose. You may not do it well, but it's something you ought to do yourself."

- G.K. Chesterton

"Government is a trust and the officers of the government are trustees, and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people."

- Henry Clay

"Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

"The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

"The act of voting is one opportunity for us to remember that our whole way of life is predicated on the capacity of ordinary people to judge carefully and well."

- Alan Keyes

"Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free men."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

"The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves."

- John Locke

"Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy."

- Louis Brandeis

"God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest."

- Josiah Gilbert Holland

"The power vested in the American courts of justice of pronouncing a statute to be unconstitutional forms one of the most powerful barriers that have ever been devised against the tyranny of political assemblies."

- Alexis de Tocqueville

"It is procedure that spells much of the difference between rule of law and rule by whim or caprice."

- William O. Douglas

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, in a final sense, [is] a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

"The security of our nation is not at the ramparts alone. Security also lies in the value of our free institutions. A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, a ubiquitous press must be suffered by those in authority in order to preserve the even greater values of freedom of expression and the right of the people to know."

- Murray I. Gurfein

"The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited constitution."

- Alexander Hamilton

"Although the job of a Congressman involves several different roles, the main ones are as representative and legislator. As a representative, a member serves as an agent for his constituents, ensuring that their views are heard in Congress and that they are treated fairly by federal bureaucrats and other public officials. As a legislator, a member participates in the lawmaking process by drafting bills and amendments, engaging in debate, and attempting to build a consensus necessary to address our nation’s problems. Fulfilling these roles may sound easy, but can be enormously difficult."

- Lee Hamilton

"Nothing is more important to America than citizenship; there is more assurance of our future in the individual character of our citizens than in any proposal I, and all the wise advisers I can gather, can ever put into effect in Washington."

- Warren G. Harding

""Raising a son to be a gentleman in a world that forgets what that means.""

"हमारी जिंदगी का महत्व इसमें होता है कि हम कितने ज़िम्मेदार होते हैं, न कि हम कितने खुश रहते हैं।"

"न सफलता दूसरों की कमी होती है, न ही विफलता, बल्कि हमारी जिम्मेदारी का परिणाम होता है।"

"A man may fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else."