“I thank all of those deputies who supported the government and gave it a vote of confidence. I believe each of those votes represents a responsible decision to avoid placing our country's membership of the eurozone in danger.” BelieveCountryGovernmentI BelieveDecisionDangerVoteResponsibleOur CountryMembershipDeputiesEurozone Author:Lucas Papademos
“Obama's Justice Department has also targeted Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Sheriff Joe bills himself as America's Toughest Sheriff for good reason. Maricopa County is responsible for one out of every four deportations in the country.” CountryReasonAmericaJusticeFourResponsibleBillsDepartmentCountySheriffsDeportationSheriff Joe Arpaio Author:Russell Pearce
“I don't hold America responsible for the largely oppressive governments in the 22 Arab countries. There are repressive Arab governments that are our allies and there are those that are our nominal enemies. It doesn't make a whole lot of difference to what extent we're involved in propping up those governments.” CountryWholeGovernmentAmericaDifferencesEnemyInvolvedResponsibleAlliesOppressive Governments Author:Lawrence Wright
“3,000 of my neighbors were murdered. My country was, utterly unprovoked, savagely attacked. I wish all those responsible for the atrocity of 9/11 to burn in Hell.” CountryWishHellResponsibleNeighborAtrocities Author:Frank Miller
“It's responsible for the sloppiness and imprecision of the War on Terror, for example. It's responsible for taking people's tax dollars and spending the country into debt on useless wars and pointless pork projects to buy votes. It's responsible for bailing out the banks instead of standing up for the people the banks cheated. It's responsible for plenty.” PeopleWarCountryExampleTaxesProjectsStandingVoteResponsibleDollarsTerrorDebtSpendingPlentyUselessPointlessCheatedWar On TerrorPorkTax DollarsBailing OutSloppiness Author:Timothy Hallinan
“I believe that it is my right and responsibility as an American to question our government when our government is wrong. I'm not one of the immature patriots who say my country right or wrong because my country is wrong now, and my country-the policies of my country are responsible for killing tens of thousands of innocent people, and I won't stand by and let that happen anymore.” PeopleBelieveCountryGovernmentHappensI BelieveResponsibilityPolicyResponsibleKillingInnocentPatriotImmature Author:Cindy Sheehan
“I believe that when Paul Martin cancelled affordable housing across this country it produced a dramatic rise in homelessness and deaths due to homelessness. I've always said I hold him responsible for that.” BelieveSaidCountryI BelieveResponsibleDuesDramaticHousingHomelessnessAffordableAffordable Housing Author:Jack Layton
“If the government of this country tramples the faith and values of its citizens, history will hold those in power responsible for the violent convulsions that follow.” IfsCountryGovernmentValuesCitizensResponsibleViolent Author:Randall Terry
“So: if the chronic inflation undergone by Americans, and in almost every other country, is caused by the continuing creation of new money, and if in each country its governmental "Central Bank" (in the United States, the Federal Reserve) is the sole monopoly source and creator of all money, who then is responsible for the blight of inflation? Who except the very institution that is solely empowered to create money, that is, the Fed (and the Bank of England, and the Bank of Italy, and other central banks) itself?” IfsCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesCreationSourceEnglandResponsibleInstitutionsCreatorFedsSoleOther CountriesReservesContinuingInflationMonopolyEmpoweredFederal ReserveCentral BanksBlight Author:Murray Rothbard
“The lovers of beauty must unite in a league, and carry out some great propagandist work through the country. They must demand the extermination of the bulldog and the dismantling of the cheap villa, both of which are responsible for a deal of our contentment amid ugliness.” CountryDealsLoversDemandResponsibleLeagueContentmentUglinessExterminationPropagandistVillaBulldogs Author:Robert Wilson Lynd
“I took a hasty trip to Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and England to talk to the officials of each Government about their pension provisions, and to talk to the responsible ministers in each country about the political "whys" of their legislation.” CountryGovernmentPoliticalEnglandResponsibleMinistersOfficialsGermanyLegislationProvisionPensionSwedenDenmarkHastyNetherlands Book:Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage Source: Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage
“Perhaps in the long view, de Gaulle was more responsible with his troublesome interventions into our domestic politics, for unifying our country than we will ever give him credit for.” GivingLongCountryViewsResponsibleCreditOur CountryInterventionTroublesomeUnifying Book:Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage Source: Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage
“Antigun advocates have always faced an uphill battle in this country. Americans have, to begin with, a constitutional right to gun ownership. Today, half of American households exercise this right, owning a total of about 250 million guns; and over 99 percent of those households do so in a responsible manner. To fight for major restrictions on an item that plays such a valued part in the lives of so many people looks like a nearly impossible task. So if you're really committed to the effort, and you want to win, what do you do? Simple: You lie.” PeopleIfsWantLooksCountryPlayTodayLyingFightingWinningSimpleEffortHalfMillionsImpossibleExerciseBattleMajorsPercentGunTasksResponsibleCommittedHouseholdOwnershipItemsRestrictionUphill BattlesGun Ownership Author:Dave Kopel
“The World's Smallest Political Quiz is responsible for many Americans' first contact with libertarian ideas. While traveling around the country, I have often heard people say, 'I never knew I was a libertarian until I took the Quiz!'” PeopleWorldFirstsIdeasCountryPoliticalHeardResponsibleLibertarianContactSmallestFirst ContactQuiz Author:Ron Paul