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“Americans cannot escape a certain responsibility for what is done in our name around the world. In a democracy, even one as corrupted as ours, ultimate authority rests with the people. We empower the government with our votes, finance it with our taxes, bolster it with our silent acquiescence. If we are passive in the face of America's official actions overseas, we in effect endorse them.”

Source: The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World

“America is a large country and its people have so far not shown much interest in great international problems, among which the problem of disarmament occupies first place today. This must be changed, if only in America's own interest. The last war has shown that there are no longer any barriers between the continents and that the destinies of all countries are closely interwoven. The people of this country must realize that they have a great responsibility in the sphere of international politics. The part of passive spectator is unworthy of this country and is bound in the end to lead to disaster all round.”

“War and, apparently, hurricanes are very good for the oil business. But I've got to believe at a certain point, as a nation, we're going to go in a different direction toward an increased sense of personal responsibility, a lowering of each individual's carbon footprint and a real collaborative effort to help sustain our planet.”

“Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgement and nothing can help you escape it - that no substitute can do your thinking, as no pinch-hitter can live your life.”

Thinking Facts Helping Politics Can Do Responsibility Independence Recognition Judgement Substitutes Live Your Life

Book:Atlas Shrugged

Source: Atlas Shrugged

“For most of the projects I've worked on, I've been entrusted with some degree of musical responsibility, even if it's just like coaching for vocals and stuff.”

Ifs Stuff Responsibility Degrees Projects Musical Coaching Vocal

Author:J. Robbins

“The way things happen on social media is so abusive and everyone needs to take personal responsibility for what they write and not allowing this misinterpretation and shaming culture on social media to persist.”

Way Needs Writing Happens Culture Social Responsibility Media Social Media Things Happen Allowing Persist Personal Responsibility Abusive Misinterpretation

Author:Ashley Judd

“We have a choice: to spend a lot of time fighting for what we know is right, or to just accept what we know is wrong. We must stand up for our rights and for the rights of others, even if most people say we can't win.”

People Ifs Knows Choices Fighting Winning Responsibility Accepting Rights Can't Win

Author:Susan Polis Schutz

“Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!”

Responsibility Childhood My Friends Wake Up Quitting

Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“All the old bogeys of 'dignified subject-matter,' of 'balanced compositions,' of 'correct drawing' were laid to rest. The artist was responsible to no one but his own sensibilities for what he painted and how he painted it.”

Matter Artist Responsibility Subjects Responsible Drawing Balanced Composition Sensibility Subject Matter

Author:Ernst Gombrich

“I did not see any way that I could possibly give birth to someone else and also give birth to myself. Far from feeling guilty, it was the first time that I had taken responsibility for my own life.”

Way Giving Firsts Feelings My Own Responsibility Taken Birth First Time Guilty My Own Life Feeling Guilty

Author:Gloria Steinem

“The innocent one is he who does not explain, for whom life is both a mystery and a total light, one who does not complain... For innocence admits of neither regret nor dispute. The innocent one assumes all responsibility.”

Doe Light Life Is Responsibility Mystery Regret Assuming Complaining Innocent Innocence Disputes

Author:Jean Giraudoux

“Many of the earth's habitats, animals, plants, insects and even micro-organisms that we know to be rare may not be known at all by future generations. We have the capability and the responsibility to act; we must do so before it is too late.”

Knows May Earth Nature Animal Responsibility Known Generations Late Plant Too Late Capability Organisms Insects Future Generation Habitat

Book:Worlds in Harmony

Source: Worlds in Harmony

“Love yourself and watch - Today, tomorrow, always. To straighten the crooked You must first do a harder thing - Straighten yourself.”

Firsts Today Responsibility Watches Love You Tomorrow Harder Love Yourself Crooked Self Responsibility

Author:Gautama Buddha

“Democracy is essentially anti-authoritarian--that is, it not only demands the right but imposes the responsibility of thinking for ourselves.”

Thinking Responsibility Democracy Demand

Author:John Dryden

“It's the artist's duty to have an artist's life, somehow to obtain time and freedom and then to muster the desire and discipline to make good work out of the life, whether that goodness is in the world's aesthetics, its radicalism, its candor, its singularity, or its universality.”

World Desire Artist Responsibility Duty Discipline Goodness Work Out Good Work Aesthetics Singularity Candor Muster Universality Radicalism

Book:Epicurean Simplicity

Source: Epicurean Simplicity

“Power is only too happy to make football bear a diabolical responsibility for stupefying the masses.”

Responsibility Football Bears Mass Diabolical

Author:Jean Baudrillard

“A lifetime isn't long enough for the beauty of this world and the responsibilities of your life.”

World Long Enough Responsibility This World Lifetime

Book:Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

Source: Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

“My responsibility is simply being who I am and not buying into any projection as real. No projection is finally real, but projection does play a very important role.”

Doe Important Real Play Reality Responsibility Roles Who I Am Buying Projection

Author:Gangaji

“Tomorrow's leaders not only have dreams, goals and plans. They are willing to work hard and to take responsibility for turning their plans into energy, perspiration and effort. They don't sit back and wait for someone else to turn their dreams into action. They take charge of executing their own plan.”

Hard Dream Action Turns Energy Waiting Goal Effort Responsibility Leader Plans Willing Hard Work Tomorrow Taking Responsibility Executing Perspiration

Author:Denis Waitley

“The responsibility of the artist consists in perfecting his work so that it may become attractively disinteresting.”

May Artist Interest Responsibility

Book:Silence: Lectures and Writings, 50th Anniversary Edition

Source: Silence: Lectures and Writings, 50th Anniversary Edition

“Getting up at 4 in the morning, I slave away all day until by the evening I'm exhausted, and I end by forgetting all my responsibilities, thinking only of the work I've set out to do.”

Thinking Ends Forget Responsibility Morning Slave Evening Exhausted

Author:Claude Monet

“Here we have some people who call themselves Christians and they forget Jesus Christ was a Jew. Something like anti-Semitism is an artificial way of avoiding responsibility. You blame the problems in your country on someone else, on some group.”

People Way Country Problem Christian Jesus Christ Forget Responsibility Groups Jesus Christ Blame Jew Artificial Avoiding Anti Semitism

Author:Yevgeny Yevtushenko

“Ford Motor Company's sluggish and piecemeal approach to its automotive responsibilities betrays motorists' safety.”

Responsibility Company Approach Safety Betrayal Betray Motor Sluggish Ford Motor

Author:Ralph Nader

“The practical life of a vast number of people is not, as a matter of fact, worth while at all. It is like an impressive fur coat with no one inside it. One sees many of these coats occupying positions of great responsibility. Hans Andersen's story of the king with no clothes told one bitter and common truth about human nature; but the story of the clothes with no king describes a situation just as common and even more pitiable.”

Source: Evelyn Underhill: Essential Writings

“Man is not intended to see through the eyes of another, hear through another's ears nor comprehend with another's brain. Each human creature has individual endowment, power and responsibility in the creative plan of God.”

Men Humans Eye Individual Brain Responsibility Creative Plans Creatures Ears Through The Eyes Endowment Power And Responsibility

Author:Abdu'l-Bahá

“For me the world is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable; my interest has been to convince you that you must assume responsibility for being here.”

World Has Beens Interest Responsibility Assuming Mysterious Convince Unfathomable Don Juan

Book:Journey to Ixtlan

Source: Journey to Ixtlan

“Self-responsibility is the core quality of the fully mature, fully functioning, self-actualizing individual.”

Self Individual Quality Responsibility Core Mature Self Responsibility

Author:Brian Tracy

“We have been given the privilege and responsibility of living on Earth to see it isn't ruined.”

Has Beens Earth Given Responsibility Privilege Ruined Living On Privilege And Responsibility

Author:Allen Johnson

“There is only one social responsibility of business”

Social Responsibility Capitalism Social Responsibility

Book:Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition

Source: Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition

“Responsibility is the most important ability that a person can possess.”

Persons Important Ability Responsibility

Author:John C. Maxwell

“We cannot avoid our lives. We have to face our lives, young or old, rich or poor. Whatever happens, we cannot save ourselves from our lives at all... the more you understand, the more you will realize your own responsibility.”

Happens Faces Young Realizing Poor Responsibility Rich Our Lives Whatever Happens Rich Or Poor

Author:Chogyam Trungpa

“If you get a certain amount of notoriety for doing something, and you can stick to that type of project for the rest of your life and make a decent living, I think you still have a responsibility to stretch. Flexibility is what keeps you alive.”

Ifs Thinking Stills Certain Responsibility Alive Type Amount Projects Sticks Decent Teamwork Flexibility Rest Of Your Life Notoriety

Author:Clint Eastwood

“Each individual in fact has moral responsibility for the acts which he personally performs; no one can be exempted from this responsibility, and on the basis of it everyone will be judged by God himself.”

Facts Individual Responsibility Moral Bases Judged Moral Responsibility Self Responsibility

Author:Pope John Paul II

“In the middle of the cavernous cargo hold was a simple, aluminum coffin with a small American flag draped over it. We were bringing another American soldier, just killed, home to his family and final resting place. The starkness of his coffin in the center of the hold, the silence except for the din of the engines, was a real time cold reminder of the consequences of decisions for which we Senators share responsibility.”

Real Home Simple Decision Silence Responsibility Share Middle Cold Consequence Finals Soldier Over It Engines Flags Senators Reminders Coffins American Flag American Soldier Cargo Aluminum

Author:John F. Kerry

“We are not responsible for what we do; we are ignorant of our acts until we accomplish them.”

Responsibility Responsible Accomplish Ignorant

Author:Francis Picabia

“If "freedom" means, first of all, the responsibility of every individual for the rational determination of his own personal, professional and social existence, then there is no greater fear than that of the establishment of general freedom.”

Ifs Firsts Mean Individual Social Freedom Existence Responsibility Greater Determination Rational Establishment

Author:Wilhelm Reich

“On all sides, life is surrounded by hostility. This puts us under an obligation.”

Life Is Sides Responsibility Obligation Hostility Pioneers Pioneering

Book:The Discovery of the Orgone

Source: The Discovery of the Orgone

“Ultimately of course, parents must take responsibility for their children's health, .. Our message must be: What you don't know about your children's health insurance options can hurt them. It's up to you to find out if your child is eligible for this health insurance.”

Ifs Knows Children Courses Parent Hurt Responsibility Messages Our Children Your Children Taking Responsibility Up To You

Author:Hillary Clinton

“Each man of us is living his own personal work of art, and cannot evade artistic responsibility for his product.”

Men Art Responsibility Products Artistic Works Of Art

Book:New eyes for old: nonfiction writings

Source: New eyes for old: nonfiction writings

“Responsibility and danger do not tend to free or stimulate the average person's mind- rather the contrary; but wherever they do liberate an individual's judgement and confidence we can be sure that we are in the presence of exceptional ability.”

Mind Persons Individual Ability Responsibility Danger Average Contrary Judgement Exceptional Average Person

Book:On War

Source: On War

“We imagine that if we had time we would quiet our more shallow selves and listen to a deeper flow of inspiration. Again, this is a myth that lets us off the hook - if I wait for enough time to listen, I don't have to listen now, I don't have to take responsibility for being available to what is trying to bubble up today.”

Source: The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life

“I take care of myself, because I learned early on that I am the only person in life who's responsible for me.”

Persons Care Responsibility Responsible Take Care

Author:Halle Berry

“The artist's duty to himself is a combination of immense responsibility and immense irresponsibility. I think those two interlock.”

Thinking Two Artist Responsibility Duty Combination Immense Irresponsibility

Author:David Cronenberg

“Everyone is responsible and no one is to blame.”

Responsibility Responsible Blame

Author:William Schutz

“The man who is fond of complaining likes to remain amid the objects of his vexation. He will most strongly revolt against every means proposed for his deliverance. This is what suits him. He asks nothing better than to sigh over his position and to remain in it.”

Men Mean Asks Responsibility Position Objects He Man Complaining Likes Suits Sigh Revolt Deliverance Very Mean Vexation

Author:Francois Guizot

“Western governments should bear their responsibilities toward the welfare of their people and not try to make oil producers pay the costs”

People Should Trying Government Pay Responsibility Bears Cost Western Oil Producers Welfare

Author:Mohammad Khatami

“It needed to be in the public record that no matter the size of the disaster, no matter the level of our compassion, that we have a responsibility to get emergency help to people the right way, but we also have a responsibility to be prudent in our planning.”

People Way Matter Helping Levels Responsibility Compassion Records Needed Size Disaster Planning Right Way Emergencies Prudent

Author:Steve King

“The most important thing is to just do it. If I work at a higher level I have responsibility to do better than what I've done before. Sometimes the best happens - beyond possibility. Just do it. Can't worry about it.”

Ifs Important Sometimes Done Happens Levels Responsibility Worry Possibility Higher Importance Important Things Just Do It Higher Level

Author:LeRoy Neiman

“Though neglectful of their responsibility to protect science, scientists are increasingly aware of their responsibility to society.”

Responsibility Protect Scientist Responsibility To Protect

Author:John Charles Polanyi

“I appeal to my fellow scientists to remember their responsibility to humanity.”

Remember Humanity Responsibility Scientist Fellows Appeals

Book:A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat

Source: A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat

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