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“I think in the end, you know, we're just addicted to oil. We've got to overcome that addiction, and we need some serious accountability of big oil, because big oil, like so much of big businesses, has just colonized our government, colonized the regulatory agencies so we can't impose any kind of accountability on them.”

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Author:Cornel West

“I do think the whole question of judicial accountability is a complicated one. On the one hand, you want to encourage judicial independence. And it's always, I think, problematic when an unpopular decision triggers a recall election. Because it sends a disempowering message to judges. On the other hand, it's the only way that voters have to rein in someone whose views are really so out of the mainstream of public opinion that they jeopardize the legitimacy of the judicial process.”

“There are cases in which somebody has demonstrated just such an outrageous disregard for the bounds of an acceptable decision that you want a measure of accountability.”

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Author:Deborah Rhode

“The heartbreak of runaway corruption, abuse of power and indefensible criminality by our government and media should, must inspire all good we-the-people Americans to wake the hell up from the embarrassing curse of apathy and start demanding constitutional accountability from our elected employees. How radically non-sheep of me.”

People Should Heart Government Hell Media Inspire Abuse Corruption Curse Employee Accountability Apathy Sheep Embarrassing Abuse Of Power Runaway Criminality

Author:Ted Nugent

“Rwanda is a very open and free country. Key to our recovery as a nation has a range of grassroots, citizen-centered polices we call "homegrown solutions." The idea that Rwanda is highly controlled from the center belies the reality, which is that citizens in every village have a powerful say in how things get done. We prize accountability and Rwandans are quickly adapting themselves to the possibilities of a digital economy.”

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

Real Source Democratic Accountability Parliament Legitimacy

Author:David Cameron

“One of the hugest ways that will make an impact, which is only in its infancy right now, is corporate accountability. Consumers at the buying point saying, 'Can you certify to me that this product is slavery-free?' And most cannot right now.”

Way Products Right Now Slavery Impact Consumers Corporate Buying Accountability Infancy

Author:Mira Sorvino

“I do think women avoid power. Power assumes responsibility and accountability, and I think many, many women want to have it both ways.”

Thinking Way Want Responsibility Assuming Accountability Women Want Responsibility And Accountability

Author:Rita Mae Brown

“I think the most exciting thing is access to information. People's ability to document things and expose things that may have not otherwise been documented and exposed. All the information you want is available instantly, which is overwhelming, but I think can have a positive change on the political process and accountability for leaders and corporations.”

“The only way we really create change is to enter any situation with the humility to listen and to recognize the world as it is, and then the audacity to dream what it could be, to have the patience to start and let the work teach you, to be willing to lead when you need to lead, and to listen. To have a sense of generosity and empathy, but not over-empathy, because accountability is so critical to building solutions that work.”

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Author:Jacqueline Novogratz

“The degradation of our environment is undeniably a direct result of our lack of regard, lack of accountability, and lack of responsibility.”

Results Responsibility Environment Direct Regard Accountability Our Environment Degradation Lack Of Responsibility

Author:Nikki Reed

“You know, a lot of people feel that sobriety is about just stopping using whatever it was that you appeared to be addicted to, but it really has to do with a way of looking at your life and taking accountability.”

People Knows Way Feels Accountability Stopping Sobriety

Author:Bonnie Raitt

“The challenge of course is in sobriety and that's been the blessing, to realize, to take accountability for the ways that your own thinking impacts your happiness, and your serenity, and your ability to be a productive and a loving, giving member of your family and society.”

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Author:Bonnie Raitt

“Brexit is the people of Britain who are fed up with the European Union dominating their lives, and they want accountability.”

People Want Unions Britain Accountability Feds European Union Fed Up Dominating

Author:Ted Cruz

“Vote to protect your family. Vote for honesty, integrity, and accountability.”

Honesty Integrity Protect Vote Our Family Accountability Honesty Integrity

Author:Rush Limbaugh

“These Muslim Brotherhood fronts - the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Muslim Public Affairs Council, the Islamic Society of North America - we need accountability for what these groups are doing and need to understand that in many ways they are as toxic and dangerous for America as are their violent counterparts, which have exactly the same goal that they do, which is imposing the Shariah doctrine on all of us.”

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

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Author:Scott Eastwood

“The traditional managerial mind-set is an analytical mind-set. It is about creating accountability and defining responsibilities.”

Mind Responsibility Creating Traditional Accountability Defining Mind Set

Author:John Kao

“You would not let your kids do whatever they want. So the challenge is to create accountability in a non-mechanistic way. You cannot come in with a clipboard and check off boxes and figure out why something has not been done on schedule.”

Way Want Done Kids Challenges Figures Boxes Checks Accountability Schedules Clipboards

Author:John Kao

“If you look at countries that are comparable, like Switzerland or Germany, for example, they have mixed systems. They don't have just a single-payer system, but they have very clear controls over budgeting and accountability.”

Ifs Looks Country Clear Example Germany Accountability Switzerland Budgeting

Author:Hillary Clinton

“The Government has already U-turned today and I think the pressure is clearly growing for proper accountability over what this Government's negotiating position is on Brexit.”

Thinking Government Today Growing Position Pressure Accountability Negotiating

Author:Theresa May

“If you talk to anybody who's been successful in business, they will tell you the thing that matters the most are people. And clearly, in this case, the quality of the people was not paid attention to. By the board and I don't know what they were doing. And I think there is a certain accountability by the board here.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Matter Certain Attention Quality Cases Successful Paid Boards Accountability Things That Matter

Author:John Kasich

“Hold us accountable. There's no accountability in Washington. Drain the swamp.”

Accountability Drains Swamps

Author:Kellyanne Conway

“I [have big plans]. Promoting freedom around the world, particularly with women in the Middle East. Working on global disease. Working on accountability in public schools. And advocating for a free marketplace and an economic environment in which businesses can innovate and create jobs.”

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Author:George W. Bush

“I want to bring accountability to the federal government. I want the federal government to respect the states.”

Want States Government Accountability Federal Government

Author:Paul Ryan

“Hopefully folks will look at the good things that I've done over the years, you know, my 10 years in Congress, my 12 years in state legislature, my many years of community organizing for the environment, for police accountability, for criminal justice reform, economic empowerment, trying to fight for small-business people, all these things.”

“I'm going to be involved with freedom; I'm going to be involved in the marketplace; I'm going to be involved in the accountability in schools.”

School Involved Accountability Marketplace

Author:George W. Bush

“Man, I wouldn't know where to begin on education reform, but one thing we have to do is add teacher accountability WITHOUT stressing standardized test scores.”

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Author:Raheem Jarbo

“America is not a country that wanders around trusting people with power. This is a country that wants accountability.”

People Want Country America Wander Accountability Trusting People

Author:Newt Gingrich

“Oftentimes, when a woman demands accountability, respect, or consideration, she is crazy or nagging or whatever.”

Crazy Demand Consideration Accountability Nagging

Author:Roxane Gay

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

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Author:Edward Snowden

“We can no longer afford to be entertained beyond the point of accountability. We can't keep selling each other out and be willing to do anything to be seen, to be famous or to be rich.”

Rich Willing Selling Accountability

Author:T.I.

“The Limbaugh Theorem is the way Obama gets away with no accountability for anything he's done is he never was perceived as governing. He was always as an outsider campaigning all the time against powerful forces trying to stop whatever it was he wanted to do.”

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Author:Rush Limbaugh

“I think Martin Luther King would always keep track of collective insurgencies among poor and working people. He was concerned about the treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union, for example. He would have closely followed the Arab Spring. And certainly he would be very critical of the massive surveillance state that has emerged in America in the last five to 10 years. He would have approved of the movements trying to gain some accountability in U.S. foreign policy, such as drones being (used) on innocent people. I think he would march against drones.”

“American citizens have been killed abroad by drones with no due process, no accountability, no judicial review.”

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Author:Cornel West

“I currently perform the most important political duties an American has the responsibility to perform - I experiment in self-government on a daily basis, fulfilling my "we the people" duties to monitor and guide our elected employees to adhere to their oath to the U.S. Constitution and demand accountability from them.”

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Author:Ted Nugent

“The heartbreak of runaway corruption, abuse of power and indefensible criminality by our government and media should, must inspire all good we-the-people Americans to wake the hell up from the embarrassing self-inflicted curse of apathy and start demanding Constitutional accountability from our elected employees.”

People Should Heart Self Government Hell Media Inspire Abuse Corruption Curse Employee Accountability Apathy Embarrassing Abuse Of Power Runaway Criminality Self Inflicted

Author:Ted Nugent

“The whole human rights structure is based on the accountability of governments.”

Humans Whole Government Rights Structure Human Rights Accountability

Author:Mary Robinson

“It remains the task of governments to implement the fundamental human rights standards which should influence all aspects of globalisation, including even trade talks, and to be answerable for this in a democratic way. The structure is international, but the accountability is national and I would like to see that accountability being more penetrating at regional and local level, especially in federal systems.”

“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 accountability.”

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Author:Edward Greenspon

“Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.”

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Author:John F. Kennedy

“The Constitution is brilliant for accountability; for posing factions against each other, to fight amongst themselves in government, which protects our liberty. But also in ensuring that decision-making is made by those who the people can hold accountable.”

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Author:Ted Cruz

“People in America get really angry at the Federal Reserve and at the "money system" in general during economic crises. The Fed draws hostility because of its power, its insulation from democratic accountability, its lack of transparency, and because of its historical and structural connections to finance.”

“Human rights and international criminal law both illustrate the contradictory potential of international law. On one level, the imposition of human rights norms is a restraint on interventionary diplomacy, especially if coupled with respect for the legal norm of self-determination. But on another level, the protection of human rights creates a pretext for intervention as given approval by the UN Security Council in the form of the R2P (responsibility to protect) norm, as used in the 2011 Libyan intervention. The same applies with international criminal accountability.”

“The Goldstone Report establishes the credibility of the accusations directed at Israel with respect to its tactics used during the 2008 - 09 attacks on Gaza, but was not able to facilitate the next step that would have involved activating accountability mechanisms either within Israel or at the level of international society.”

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Author:Richard A. Falk

“The main challenge is what to do in the face of double standards. Those who should be rendered accountable under international criminal law, the Kissingers of this world, enjoy de facto impunity, while those who come from countries that have long been targets of hegemonic abuse are used as poster children of accountability.”

“The weaknesses and biases of the international mechanisms of accountability make it seem desirable to extend the domain of accountability by empowering domestic courts to act as agents of the world legal system. Even if there is no consistent application of Universal Jurisdiction, it still leads those who might be prosecuted to alter their travel plans to avoid even the complication of waiting for a complaint to be dismissed.”

“I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.”

Feels Should Government Sports Independent Accountability Government Service

Author:Imran Khan

“The EU might have become a large federal nation. But they would have had to do things differently. Number one, they would've had to make people feel like participants in a common project of autonomous law-giving. Much more political accountability, much more participation. That didn't happen, I think, because the movers and shakers were more concerned with economic union than political union.”

“It's like a paradox. For one side, being popularized rap got better and the other side of it got worse. It's very pop and it's very different now. When you make it as pop and as soft as it is, it lacks its integrity. It lacks its accountability. It lacks a lot of other things that came from that dangerous time in hip hop.”

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Author:Ice T

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