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“Until you can become accountable to yourself and only yourself, you're probably not going to live a fully vital life. So much of literature is about accountability. The moral issues in most novels are about people becoming responsible for their own behaviour. One of the forces against being responsible for your own behaviour is the force of the past, in the way that the past tries to form you.”

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Author:Richard Ford

“God gave us reason. He gave us the ability to reason and also have faith and I think that reason and faith go together. I don't think that they're opposed. I think we've reached the point where we need to look at modern superstitions and hold them up to the light of reason and accountability.”

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Author:James Wasserman

“You have to recognise your responsibility to your community for your actions. Liberty doesn't mean that you are not held accountable. Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.”

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Author:Billy Bragg

“Trump is a doer. He is not somebody who pushes paper or kicks the can down the road. He's an accountable - he's a businessman. He's used to accountability, results, delivery, and performance. And I think in this case, he will go ahead and look at alternatives.”

Thinking Accountability Businessman Delivery

Author:Kellyanne Conway

“Our whole goal is really to create a culture of accountability. Because for a very long time, ending sexual assault has been on the backs of survivors. And it's really up to everyone to be part of the solution. It's really about not creating a culture of awareness. It's something I often tell parents of kids who are going off to college: It's about asking those hard questions when your kids are applying to school and encouraging them to ask about their rights, to ask about their resources.”

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Author:Andrea Pino

“So much of our politics is stuck in patterns of response that aren't working. When student performance is declining in schools, we implement more controls, more testing, more "accountability," more rigor. We apply even more of those things, from security systems to control of students' behavior through pharmaceutical drugs. That's a situation in which doing is only making things worse. You may have to go through a phase of de-programming, letting go of old habits, coming to stillness, before you can even see what the pattern of action was, and what alternatives there might be.”

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Author:Charles Eisenstein

“What we're seeing is an era where governments and huge organizations such as the IOC don't have accountability. They don't have accountability to the athletes they are supposed to be protecting and they don't have accountability to the truth. What we've seen out of Russia is a continual denial, no matter what has been presented. They are still blaming Grigory Rodchenkov as an individual who did this all on his own.”

Individual Blame Athlete Denial Accountability

Author:Bryan Fogel

“I think the people should demand accountability on the voting. I think there's no point in voting if you're not gonna demand fairness and be able to verify each vote. And other countries can do this fairly easily. So I don't think you really want democracy if you're not willing to take that first step.”

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Author:Aaron McGruder

“I studied law before I became a filmmaker, and I actually have a great belief in the justice system and the rule of law. I think it's the thing that separates us from animals. I really believe in the rule of law because it's an attempt to bring rational accountability to human behavior, which has a great capability of becoming irrational.”

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Author:Nick Broomfield

“When I joined the UN War Crimes Tribunal, it was a realization of the dream of justice, that finally after Nuremberg, the UN is going to put the accused on trial again! And I still believe that accountability that eradicates impunity is very, very important for transforming the sordid culture of politics and power that we see in the world. But we need to be humble about the fact that justice will not bring back the dead.”

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Author:Payam Akhavan

“Criminal trials are fundamentally about individual accountability whereas truth commissions are less about the guilt of the perpetrator and more about the suffering of the victim. A criminal trial is only incidentally a therapeutic or cathartic process for victims. But truth commissions, as we saw in South Africa, have the advantage of giving tens of thousands of people the opportunity to tell their stories, and not only does that contribute to healing but it also contributes to reconciliation, especially when perpetrators also come and express contrition.”

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Author:Payam Akhavan

“Today, rather than talk in terms of ideology or ideas like socialism, I think more important issues to discuss are things like compassion and accountability.”

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Author:Billy Bragg

“I think I enjoy regressing. There's a part of living like that that's really fun. It's like there's no consequences: If you want to drink, you drink; if you're hungover the next day and you're late to work, who cares? There's something very appealing about having no accountability in life, but it's just not a way that I had the energy to live forever.”

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Author:Jenna Fischer

“Design and the urgency to preserve it - not as a museum relic, as a living experience. And for me, something that lives alongside mass-produced goods. I'm not saying get away from it. My battle is there is a marketplace for what people wear and what they eat and care about how things are made and not just that they were made, and that's the core focus. I know where things come from, I know their families. I do that throughout my life - I know who makes my suits, and I know where my eggs come from. Everyone and everything is accounted for and has accountability.”

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Author:Waris Ahluwalia

“In the past when money was given from government to government, there was no accountability, especially the World Bank loans. Nobody was held accountable for the misuse of World Bank loans. That is why it is important to channel some of the money through civil society groups.”

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Author:George W. Bush

“I think one of the first steps - and I'm glad we were able to reach, again, a bipartisan agreement - is an accountability side. People are still shocked to find out that many of the same people that have been involved in really lying about the numbers in regards to wait time are still on the job. What we have done is we have come up with a crafted piece of bipartisanship that will, in fact, give the secretary the ability to fire those that have lied to him with an appeal process built in. I think that that will send a clear message to those who want to fudge the numbers.”

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Author:Jeff Miller

“Confidence is not just in people's heads; it comes from the culture of the organization. It's easier to expect success when working in an organization that has a culture of accountability, collaboration, and initiative. Without this, it's easier - and more self-protective - to assume failure so the person is not disappointed and instead pleasantly surprised.”

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Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“The thing to keep in mind is that the answer to the question I often get - Are leaders born or made? - is an emphatic yes! All leaders are born, and all are made, through devoted practice of reflecting on experience to learn what's worked and what hasn't, good coaching and accountability pressure to grow, good luck, and, of course, some talent.”

Mind Leader Talent Luck Coaching Accountability Good Luck

Author:Stewart D. Friedman

“Wal-Mart, with its legendary focus on customer value in terms of price, is innovating in sustainability. Now, we're beginning to see the mirror image, a convergence, as the not-for-profit sector is beginning to serve more effectively by applying private sector accountability and efficiencies to social needs. This reflects a rising recognition that to serve others best requires more than good intentions; it mandates a focus on real-world results. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are among the most conspicuous advocates and representatives of this transformation.”

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Author:James M Strock

“By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any school, far more important than tests or standards or business-model methods of accountability, is simply attracting the best-educated, most exciting young people into urban schools and keeping them there.”

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Author:Jonathan Kozol

“I learned in an extremely hard way that the accountability falls with me.”

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Author:Stephen Baldwin

“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.”

“Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.”

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Author:Carl Levin

“If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.”

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Author:Alan K. Simpson

“If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public.”

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Author:Rachel Maddow

“The keys to brand success are self-definition, transparency, authenticity and accountability.”

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Author:Simon Mainwaring

“At the dawn of his administration, President Obama opined: 'A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency.' Magical rays of white-hot sunlight emanated from his media-manufactured halo. And then bureaucratically engineered darkness settled over the land.”

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Author:Michelle Malkin

“If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything.”

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Book:A Long Way from Home

Source: A Long Way from Home

“Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do.”

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Author:Gian Carlo Menotti

“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.”

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Book:John Stuart Mill's Social and Political Thought: Freedom

Source: John Stuart Mill's Social and Political Thought: Freedom

“The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.”

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Author:John Stuart Mill

“If we want to truly regain the public's trust, we can provide greater accountability and transparency with a simple step. Let's start by communicating to our constituents about the votes we take.”

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Author:Melissa Bean

“When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.”

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Author:Louis Nizer

“In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.”

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Author:Nancy Pelosi

“Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.”

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Author:Wendell Phillips

“India is at the vanguard of figuring out how to exploit technology and innovation on behalf of democratic accountability.”

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Author:Samantha Power

“We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.”

“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.”

“A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten.'”

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Book:Flight to Arras

Source: Flight to Arras

“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 of the future.”

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Author: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, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House.”

“Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.”

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Book:Writings on religion

Source: Writings on religion

“There is no accountability today... no willingness to focus on big ideas.”

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Author:Michael Bloomberg

“I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.”

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Book:I Ain't Got Time to Bleed: Reworking the Body Politic from the Bottom Up

Source: I Ain't Got Time to Bleed: Reworking the Body Politic from the Bottom Up

“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 happy life.”

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Author: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.”

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Author:Paul Wellstone

“The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.”

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Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“It was accountability that Nixon feared.”

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Author:Bob Woodward

“Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.”

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Author: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 system. There's no linear movement or point of accountability toward God.”

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Author:Ravi Zacharias

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