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“The most politically painless way to hand out goodies, without taking responsibility for their costs, is to pass a law saying that somebody else must provide those goodies at their expense, while the politicians take credit for generosity and compassion.”

Way Hands Law Responsibility Compassion Politician Cost Credit Generosity Expenses Taking Responsibility Painless

Book:Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)

Source: Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)

“No man bears more responsibility for the present worldwide financial crisis and coming depression than Alan Greenspan.”

Men Responsibility Bears Crisis Financial Financial Crisis

Author:Bill Bonner

“It should be borne in mind that the target is always trying to shift responsibility to get out of being the target. There is a constant squirming and moving and strategy . . . on the part of the designated target. The forces for change must keep this in mind and pin that target down securely. If an organization permits responsibility to be diffused and distributed in a number of areas, attack becomes impossible.”

Ifs Should Trying Mind Moving Force Numbers Responsibility Impossible Areas Organization Strategy Constant Target Permit Pins Always Trying

Author:Saul Alinsky

“[Socialists claim] that we reject fraternity, solidarity, organization, and association; and they brand us with the name of individualists. We can assure them that what we repudiate is not natural organization, but forced organization. It is not free association, but the forms of association that they would impose upon us. It is not spontaneous fraternity, but legal fraternity. It is not providential solidarity, but artificial solidarity, which is only an unjust displacement of responsibility. Socialism . . . confounds Government and society.”

Government Form Names Natural Responsibility Organization Claims Socialism Brands Rejects Association Artificial Solidarity Spontaneous Unjust Fraternity Displacement Government And Society

Author:Frederic Bastiat

“I think that’s a responsibility that I have, to push possibilities, to show people: “This is the level that things could be at.””

People Thinking Shows Levels Responsibility Possibility Nucleus

Author:Kanye West

“Friedrich Hayek made the point that one of the keystones of socialism is the denial of individual responsibility. Thus, the crusade for socialism always included attacks on individual responsibility. For if individuals do not have free will, and are not responsible for their actions, then their lives must be controlled somehow - preferably by the state - according to the socialists. They must be regulated, regimented and controlled - for their own good.”

Ifs Made States Action Individual Responsibility Responsible Socialism Denial Free Will Controlled Crusades Keystones Individual Responsibility Hayek Friedrich Hayek

Author:Thomas DiLorenzo

“Taking a man's money without his consent, is also as much robbery, when it is done by millions of men, acting in concert, and calling themselves a government, as when it is done by a single individual, acting on his own responsibility, and calling himself a highwayman.”

Men Done Government Individual Acting Responsibility Millions Calling Concerts Consent Robbery Highwaymen

Book:An Essay on the Trial by Jury

Source: An Essay on the Trial by Jury

“The right way is the greatest gratifier of human wishes ever come upon - when allowed to operate. It is as morally sound as the Golden Rule. It is the way of willing exchange, of common consent, of self-responsibility, of open opportunity. It respects the right of each to the product of his labor. It limits the police force to keeping the peace. It is the way of the free market, private property, limited government. On its banner is emblazoned Individual Liberty.”

“Responsibility and commitment are key elements in meeting obligations.”

Responsibility Keys Elements Commitment Meetings Obligation

Author:Zig Ziglar

“I think the hardest thing about the part is the responsibility that you feel playing something that is so real and resonant in our times. There are people coming home right now with those stories, and I'm just an actress pretending to be that person. You hope that you can shed some light on somebody's predicament.”

People Thinking Feels Persons Real Stories Home Light Responsibility Right Now Actresses Hardest Our Time Coming Home Pretending Shed Hardest Thing Predicaments

Author:Linda Cardellini

“I really believe that we have a responsibility, almost a sacred responsibility, to the animals that share this planet with us.”

Believe Animal Responsibility Share Planets Sacred

Author:Emmylou Harris

“In the beginning [of my career] I definitely felt a responsibility because I was representing a bunch of people [Sri lankans] who never got represented before. I felt this responsibility to correct that situation, to be like, "Look, you can't discriminate against refugees and Muslim people and blah, blah, blah . . ."”

People Looks Felt Responsibility Situation Careers Bunch Refugee Representing Blah

Author:M.I.A.

“I hope, my career is never predictable. And my interests are diverse in that way. I feel very lucky that when I'm burnt out of acting I take to the pen and I write something I want to direct. And then when I'm tired of taking on too much responsibility as a director I then look for an acting gig. And I've made it very clear that I'm interested in voiceover work. I mean, I'm always looking for voiceover gigs. I love that.”

Way Want Feels Writing Looks Mean Made Interest Acting Responsibility Careers Clear Too Much Lucky Directors Direct Tired Made It Pens Diverse Gigs Predictable I'm Tired Burnt Out

Author:Lake Bell

“We now have two options: We can commence operations at the Hotspots in Italy and Greece and continue to do nothing - in which case they would soon be overflowing. Or we can show responsibility and organize a distribution system that takes into account the limits of each individual member state. Migrants, for their part, must recognize that, while they have a right to protection, they do not have the right to freely choose the country. In addition, it is clear: Not everybody can come to us.”

Two Country States Shows Individual Responsibility Cases Clear Limits Members Accounts Protection Operations Organize Distribution Greece Migrants Two Options

Author:Martin Schulz

“We're gonna play a little bit of a game here [Person of Interest movie]. Greg and I felt like we had responsibility when we wrapped up the pilot, to have a roadmap for where the show went. When we pitched the pilot, we knew what we wanted the last episode to be, the last image, I think we even know what the last song is.”

Thinking Knows Littles Persons Play Shows Wanted Lasts Song Games Felt Bits Interest Responsibility Little Bit Pilots Episodes Last Song

Author:Jonathan Nolan

“I'm really enjoying being an actor right now, at this point in my life. It's a great job, it's a huge responsibility, and I just want to do it more.”

Want Jobs Actors Enjoy Responsibility Huge Right Now Great Job

Author:Shannyn Sossamon

“Unchecked, government social programs are a security threat because they weaken the ultimate line of defense: the free-born citizen whose responsibilities are not subcontracted to the government.”

Government Social Born Lines Responsibility Security Citizens Program Ultimate Threat Defense Social Programs

Book:America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It

Source: America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It

“Almost no one will accept responsibility for his or her role in precipitating a crisis: not leveraged speculators, not willfully blind leaders of financial institutions, and certainly not regulators, government officials, ratings agencies or politicians.”

Government Responsibility Leader Accepting Roles Politician Crisis Institutions Blind Financial Agency Officials Rating Regulators Government Officials Speculators Financial Institutions

Author:Seth Klarman

“In Latino culture, the quinceanera's a big thing - it's when a girl becomes a woman. But I think age is just a number - you become a woman with the responsibilities you take on and the decisions you make. I started realizing that every day is a gift - you have every day to be thankful you're alive.”

Thinking Bigs Age Culture Girl Realizing Decision Numbers Responsibility Alive Big Things Being Thankful Latino Decisions You Make Ages Is Just A Number Latino Culture

Author:Emily Rios

“God is absolutely sovereign, but his sovereignty never mitigates human responsibility.”

Humans Responsibility Sovereign Sovereignty

Author:D. A. Carson

“Worry is assuming responsibilities that you cannot handle. They truth is, they are responsibilities that God never intended for you to handle, because they are His.”

Responsibility Worry Truth Is Assuming Handle Assuming Responsibility

Book:Wisdom for the Way: Wise Words for Busy People

Source: Wisdom for the Way: Wise Words for Busy People

“It's not our church; it's God's - it's not our responsibility to run it!”

Running Church Responsibility

Book:So, You Want To Be Like Christ?: Eight Essentials to Get You There

Source: So, You Want To Be Like Christ?: Eight Essentials to Get You There

“Most ignorances are vincible, and in the greater number of cases stupidity is what the Buddha pronounced it to be, a sin. For, consciously, or subconsciously, it is with deliberation that we do not know or fail to understand-because incomprehension allows us, with a good conscience, to evade unpleasant obligations and responsibilities, because ignorance is the best excuse for going on doing what one likes, but ought not, to do.”

Knows Sin Numbers Responsibility Cases Greater Failing Ignorance Ought Conscience Excuse Stupidity Likes Obligation Deliberation Incomprehension

Book:Complete Essays: 1936-1938

Source: Complete Essays: 1936-1938

“Those who choose love - daring to feel to the depths of being, accepting responsibility for their actions, and seeking a purpose in life - will find that the world of significant living will unfold its cleverly concealed presence.”

World Feels Action Purpose Responsibility Accepting Depth Seeking Significant Purpose Of Life Daring Concealed Accepting Responsibility

Book:Path of Empowerment: New Pleiadian Wisdom for a World in Chaos

Source: Path of Empowerment: New Pleiadian Wisdom for a World in Chaos

“For the Christian there can be no social or political panaceas, no easy escapes from personal responsibility achieved by collectivising guilt or virtue. The true ends of temporal life lie beyond it, and, though the tyrannical State may diminish virtue, the benevolent State cannot procure it.”

May Ends States Christian Political Lying Social Easy Responsibility Virtue Guilt Diminish Personal Responsibility Benevolent Panacea

Author:Margaret Thatcher

“My responsibility is to get the story right. I can't predict or be concerned with the consequences.”

I Can Stories Responsibility Consequence Concerned

Author:Tom Verducci

“The best reason to diminish social programs is not to put more money in people's pockets but to put more responsibility in people's pockets.”

People Reason Social Responsibility Program Pockets More Money Diminish Social Programs

Author:Mark Steyn

“I would like to suggest to you that the extent to which government in America has departed from the original design of in habiting the destructive actions of man and invoking a common justice; the extent to which government has invaded the productive and creative areas; the extent to which the government in this country has assumed the responsibility for the security, welfare, and prosperity of our people is a measure of the extent to which socialism has developed here in this land of ours.”

People Men Country Government Action America Justice Common Responsibility Creative Land Security Design Areas Originals Prosperity Socialism Welfare Destructive Productive Departed

Author:Leonard Read

“At the very least, people who get subsidies should have to get up in the morning and do something, even if it's a make work job. But most liberals would oppose even this simple test of responsibility.”

People Ifs Should Jobs Simple Responsibility Morning Should Have Tests Get Up Subsidies

Author:James Cook

“The foremost corporate responsibility is to serve others so well you produce a profit.”

Wells Responsibility Produce Profit Corporate Corporate Responsibility

Author:James Cook

“Love is the productive form of relatedness to others and to oneself. It implies responsibility, care, respect. If it isn't productive and respectful, it isn't love, but only fear masquerading as love.”

Ifs Care Form Love Is Responsibility Oneself Productive Respectful

Author:Erich Fromm

“This is something the Democrats have talked about, and a goal we share, getting everyone insured, and solving the issue in a Republican way, which is applying a personal responsibility principle (individual mandate), reforming the market (more strictly regulating the insurance companies), and allowing people to buy private health care insurance that they can take with them from job to job that's entirely affordable. So it's a Republican way of solving a problem that we face as a nation.”

“It was the disobedience and rebellion of the Jews, God's chosen people, to their covenantal responsibility to serve only the one true God, Jehovah, that gave rise to the opposition and persecution that they experienced beginning in Canaan and continuing to this very day.”

People Responsibility Jew Chosen Opposition Rebellion Continuing Persecution Disobedience Jehovah True God

Book:Earth's Final Moments

Source: Earth's Final Moments

“Mastery means responsibility, ability to respond in real time to the need of the moment. Intuitive or inspired living means not just passively hearing the voice, but acting on it.”

Needs Mean Real Moments Voice Ability Acting Responsibility Inspired Hearing Mastery Intuitive

Book:Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art

Source: Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art

“It is our responsibility to learn how to speak to an audience that is less informed about music, to give it a reason to want to come and see us instead of going to the movies.”

Want Giving Reason Speak Responsibility Audience

Book:The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer

Source: The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer

“The only corporate social responsibility a company has is to maximize its profits.”

Social Responsibility Company Profit Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility

Author:Milton Friedman

“Your responsibility as an artist is to experiment.”

Artist Responsibility Experiments

Author:Squarepusher

“Oh sure, I have lots of fears. My job is to conquer my fears. The irony of being a performer is that I have huge insecurities. Each of us is responsible for what happens in our lives. When good things happen, we take ownership, but when bad things happen we often don't take responsibility. There are no mistakes or accidents. Consciousness is everything and all things begin with a thought. We are responsible for our own fate. We reap what we sow, we get what we give and we pull in what we put out.”

“While our institutional mission and destiny are not in doubt, how we each participate and understand our individual responsibilities requires constant attention, effort, and vigilance. BYU will progress and prosper, but our individual success is not guaranteed without our own personal best efforts and worthily received blessings.”

Individual Effort Attention Responsibility Destiny Doubt Progress Blessing Constant Missions Vigilance Best Effort Individual Responsibility Byu Personal Best Individual Success

Author:Cecil O. Samuelson

“It is not what I do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through me. God does not want worldly successes, He wants me. He wants my heart in submission to Him. Life is not just a few years to spend on self indulgence and career advancement. It is a privilege, a responsibility, a stewardship to be lived according to a much higher calling, God's calling. This alone gives true meaning to life.”

“As much as I would have liked to have kept my cancer private, I now realize that I have a certain responsibility to those who are fighting their own fights and may be able to benefit from learning about mine.”

May Able Certain Fighting Realizing Responsibility Mines Benefits Cancer

Author:Farrah Fawcett

“We are now in a position to understand the anti-Semite. He is a man who is afraid. Not of the Jews, to be sure, but of himself, of his own consciousness, of his liberty, of his instincts, of his responsibilities, of solitariness, of change, of society, and of the world of everything except the Jews.”

Men World Consciousness Responsibility Liberty Position Instinct Jew

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“Through scientific discovery and technological innovation, we enlist the forces of the natural world to solve many of the uniquely human problems we face - feeding and providing energy to agrowing population, improving human health, taking responsibility for protecting the environment and the global ecosystem, and ensuring our own Nation's security. Scientific discoveries inspire and enrich us, teaching us about the mysteries of life and the nature of the world.”

“The price of LEADERSHIP is RESPONSIBILITY....and part of that responsibility is to STAY POSITIVE whether you feel like it or not.”

Feels Responsibility Stay Positive

Author:Lou Holtz

“The way out then is personal responsibility, new operating systems downloaded from outside of culture, which means from the deeper wisdom of the psychedelic plants and then a commitment to community and a motto of "To the future, without fear!" Without fear!”

Way Mean Culture Community Responsibility Commitment Plant Deeper Motto Personal Responsibility Psychedelic Operating Systems

Author:Terence McKenna

“In this great country of ours, it is inexcusable that so many children grow up in poverty and despair. The well-being of our children must be the national priority and the responsibility of every individual.”

Wells Children Country Individual Grows Responsibility Poverty Growing Up Despair Our Children Priorities Well Being Great Country

Author:Jimmy Carter

“Rights and responsibilities are ... different sides of the same coin.”

Different Sides Responsibility Rights Coins Continuum Different Sides Rights And Responsibilities

Author:G. Edward Griffin

“I think that the whole thing, the crux of the whole psychedelic issue, is that it accentuates personal responsibility by making people take their own experiences seriously.”

People Thinking Whole Responsibility Issues Personal Responsibility Psychedelic Accentuate Crux

Author:Terence McKenna

“As places of learning, schools have a responsibility to also educate on nutrition, which we all can agree is far more important than algebra, no matter what your third-period teacher claims.”

Important Matter School Responsibility Teacher Periods Thirds Claims No Matter What Agree Educate Nutrition Algebra

Author:Lynda Resnick

“We accept the responsibility to preach the gospel to every person on earth. And if the question is asked, you mean you are out to convert the entire world? The answer is, 'yes'. We will try to reach every living soul.”

Ifs World Trying Mean Persons Soul Earth Answers Responsibility Accepting

Book:That All May be Edified: Talks, Sermons & Commentary

Source: That All May be Edified: Talks, Sermons & Commentary

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