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“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.”

People Believe Country Government Happens I Believe Responsibility Policy Responsible Killing Innocent Patriot Immature

Author:Cindy Sheehan

“I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility.”

Found Responsibility Impossible Burden Heavy Royalty Discharge Heavy Burdens Burden Of Responsibility

Author:King Edward VIII

“I was raised by a lady that was crippled all her life but she did everything for me and she raised me. She washed our clothes, cooked our food, she did everything for us. I don't think I ever heard her complain a day in her life. She taught me responsibility towards my brother and sisters and the community.”

Thinking Community Responsibility Heard Taught Brother Clothes Raised Complaining My Brother Brothers And Sisters Crippled

Author:Ernest Gaines

“It is a sad reflection . . . that a sense of responsibility which comes with power is the rarest of things.”

Responsibility Reflection Sense Of Responsibility

Author:Alexander Crummell

“It would be easier to fight the Russian army, and it would give me great satisfaction, but I have a responsibility to my people”

People Giving Would Be Fighting Responsibility Easier Give Me Army Satisfaction

Author:Aslan Maskhadov

“The people gave me the responsibility of building the future of this nation And I did it with honor.”

People Nations Responsibility Building Honor Building The Future

Author:Hosni Mubarak

“I have this to say to the people: go the polls and vote for the candidate of your choice... This is your responsibility; do not neglect it.”

People Choices Responsibility Vote Candidates Neglect Polls

Author:Hosni Mubarak

“The young British players need to take responsibility themselves for their form and ability.”

Needs Form Young Ability Responsibility Player British Taking Responsibility

Author:Tim Henman

“But many researchers operate as if it is their responsibility to demonstrate that video violence has a direct effect on the behaviour of young children, because that will help to explain why society is becoming more violent.”

Ifs Children Helping Young Responsibility Violence Effects Becoming Direct Violent Video Behaviour Becoming More Researchers Young Children Direct Effect

Author:Hugh Mackay

“One of the most solemn responsibilities of the president and it's set out expressly in the Constitution is that the president is to take care that the laws are faithfully executed, and that means the Constitution. It means statutes. It means treaties. It means all of the laws of the United States.”

Mean States Care Law President United Responsibility United States Constitution Take Care Solemn Treaties Statutes

Author:Samuel Alito

“Teen girls are figuring out what they want out of life and who they want to be. They are becoming more and more independent, and are starting to make decisions that will affect them now and into the future. Combine this new responsibility with all the stress and pressures in their lives and the result, unfortunately, can be substance abuse.”

Want Girl Decision Results Responsibility Becoming Abuse Stress Pressure Independent Starting Substance Becoming More Substance Abuse

Author:Atoosa Rubenstein

“Excuses excuse us from fulfilling our potential.”

Responsibility Excuse Fulfilling

Author:Rhonda Britten

“I act with full responsibility and after extensive reflection.”

Responsibility Reflection

Book:Asger Jorn

Source: Asger Jorn

“They must move from a psychological state of victimization to a psychological state of accepting responsibility. The Palestinians must leave behind their revolutionary adolescence and demonstrate that they have reached political maturity.”

States Moving Political Behinds Responsibility Accepting Psychological Maturity Revolutionary Palestinian Adolescence Victimization Accepting Responsibility

Author:Ari Shavit

“The question is whether we're ready to undertake responsibility for overcoming the crisis or will again sink in debates, mutual recriminations and half-steps”

Half Responsibility Steps Ready Overcoming Crisis Debate Mutual Taking Responsibility

Author:Yevgeny Primakov

“But there are a couple of places where it is clear to me that there should be no ambiguity of corporate responsibility - the environment and civil rights, .. As a corporation, you cannot let the desire for unanimity override your obligation for fairness.”

Should Desire Responsibility Clear Environment Rights Couple Obligation Civil Rights Corporate Corporations Fairness Ambiguity Unanimity Corporate Responsibility

Author:Leo Hindery

“Only ideas keep ideas flowing. When we close our minds to what is new, simply because we decide not to bother with it, we close our minds to our responsibility to ourselves - and to others - to keep on growing.”

Mind Ideas Growth Responsibility Growing Bother

Author:Joan D. Chittister

“Our brain is continuously being shaped - we can take more responsibility for our own brain by cultivating positive influences.”

Brain Responsibility Influence Optimism Cultivating Positive Influence

Author:Richard Davidson

“As Christians, we have an obligation and responsibility to abide by the principles of the Bible.”

Christian Responsibility Principles Bible Obligation

Author:S. Truett Cathy

“In Spain, we should have enough intelligence, enough sense of individual and collective responsibility to do for ourselves that which would be imposed upon us by a dictatorship.”

Should Enough Would Be Individual Responsibility Should Have Collectives Dictatorship Spain Collective Responsibility

Author:Federica Montseny

“In order to fully realise our aspirations, we must create in the masses of the people the sense of sacrifice and responsibility that has been the characteristic of the anarchist movement throughout its historic development in Spain.”

People Has Beens Order Responsibility Sacrifice Movement Development Mass Characteristics Aspiration Realising Spain Historic Anarchist

Author:Federica Montseny

“Disaster management should be coordinated by the federal government, .. It is our exact responsibility.”

Should Government Responsibility Management Disaster Federal Government

Author:Alcee Hastings

“No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities.”

Responsibility Duty Neglect Georgians

Author:Eduard Shevardnadze

“In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation. A jazz musician, if he plays someone else's song, has a responsibility to make a distinct and original statement.”

Ifs Play Song Love Is Responsibility Musician Originals Jazz Statements Interpretation Imitation Classical Music Jazz Music Music Love Jazz Musician

Author:Todd Boyd

“You are 100 percent responsible for how your children turn out. And you accomplish that by teaching them that they are 100 percent responsible for how they turn out.”

Children Turns Responsibility Family Teaching Percent Responsible Our Children Accomplish Your Children

Author:Peter Koestenbaum

“The international community has the moral responsibility of aiding a people under occupation; however, we will not beg for their money.”

People Community Responsibility Moral International Occupation International Community Moral Responsibility

Author:Khaled Mashal

“Blaming society makes it awfully easy for a person of weak character to shrug off his own responsibility for his actions.”

Persons Character Action Easy Responsibility Weak Blame Weak Character

Author:Stanley Schmidt

“We live in the age of "Everything Has Rights." Now, I'm not denying that the concept of rights is valid, but I wonder whatever happened to obligations? One rarely hears the term anymore. Indeed, have you ever heard of a "human obligations movement?" The very ideal that holds a democracy together--the willingness to make personal sacrifice for the common good--is going quickly by the wayside.”

Humans Age Together Term Common Responsibility Wonder Democracy Rights Happened Heard Sacrifice Movement Concepts Ideals Obligation Willingness Common Good Personal Sacrifice

Author:John Rosemond

“The first duty of intelligence is to recognize the obvious.”

Firsts Responsibility Duty Obvious

Author:Walter Darby Bannard

“I started off as many fathers do. I enjoyed the good bits, but I was wary of the responsibility. But now I love being a dad.”

Father Bits Responsibility Dad Enjoyed Being A Dad

Author:Noel Gallagher

“Be the holder of your own Nature. It is a joyful responsibility.”

Joy Responsibility Joyful

Author:Eric Fischl

“When a Krishna Conscious person is elevated to a responsible position, he never becomes puffed up. Just like a tree when over-laden with fruits becomes humble and lower down. Similarly, a great soul in Krishna Consciousness becomes humbler than the grass and bowed down like the fruitful trees because a Krishna Conscious person acts as the agent of Krishna, therefore he discharges his duty with great responsibility.”

Persons Soul Consciousness Responsibility Tree Position Humility Duty Conscious Responsible Fruit Humble Agents Grass Krishna Discharge Great Souls Great Responsibility

Author:A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

“Father taught us that opportunity and responsibility go hand in hand. I think we all act on that principle; on the basic human impulse that makes a man want to make the best of what's in him and what's been given him.”

Thinking Men Want Humans Hands Father Opportunity Given Responsibility Principles Taught Impulse Daddy Hand In Hand Fathers Day Taught Us Great Father

Author:Laurance Rockefeller

“Hitherto the principle of causality was universally accepted as an indispensable postulate of scientific research, but now we are told by some physicists that it must be thrown overboard. The fact that such an extraordinary opinion should be expressed in responsible scientific quarters is widely taken to be significant of the all-round unreliability of human knowledge. This indeed is a very serious situation.”

Source: The new science: 3 complete works: Where is science going? The universe in the light of modern physics; The philosophy of physics

“Have absolutely no sense of guilt about being happy and successful if you operate honestly and with a sense of social responsibility.”

Ifs Social Responsibility Successful Inspirational Life Guilt Honestly Social Responsibility

Book:Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration For Each Day of the Year

Source: Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration For Each Day of the Year

“Any one who speaks in favor of bringing the Arab refugees back must also say how he expects to take the responsibility for it, if he is interested in the state of Israel. It is better that things are stated clearly and plainly: We shall not let this happen.”

Ifs States Happens Speak Responsibility Israel Terrorism Favors Refugee Cleansing Zionist Zionism Ethnic Cleansing

Author:Golda Meir

“...where legitimate opportunities are closed, illegitimate opportunities are seized. Whatever opens opportunity and hope will help to prevent crime and foster responsibility.”

Helping Opportunity Responsibility Crime

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966

“Never before was it as incumbent upon every members to restate loyalty and exemplify fraternal obligation by consistent life and unimpeachable character. But these must be reinforced by a growing consciousness of the responsibilities that Alpha Phi Alpha faces in the world today, where, if ever the problems which beset us are to be solved and a way of deliverance discovered, it must be by the application of those principles upon which we are founded.”

Ifs World Way Character Problem Today Faces Consciousness Responsibility Principles Growing Members Loyalty Obligation Consistent Application World Today Deliverance Incumbents Alphas Fraternal

Author:Jewel

“There is not in all America a more dangerous trait than the deification of mere smartness unaccompanied by any sense of moral responsibility.”

America Responsibility Moral Dangerous Mere Traits Moral Responsibility Smartness

Book:In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena

Source: In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena

“If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own work, instead of sitting idle to envy the luck of others. He must face life with resolute courage, win victory if he can, and accept defeat if he must, without seeking to place on his fellow man a responsibility which is not theirs.”

Source: The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations

“I believe that prayer in public schools should be voluntary. It is difficult for me to see how religious exercises can be a requirement in public schools, given our Constitutional requirement of separation of church and state. I feel that the highly desirable goal of religious education must be principally the responsibility of church and home. I do not believe that public education should show any hostility toward religion, and neither should it inhibit voluntary participation, if it does not interfere with the educational process.”

Source: The Presidential Campaign 1976: President Gerald R. Ford. 2. v

“...International education cannot be the work of one country. It is the responsibility and promise of all nations. It calls for free exchange and full collaboration...The knowledge of our citizens is one treasure which grows only when it is shared.”

Country Nations Grows Responsibility Study Citizens Promise International Treasure Presidential Collaboration Study Abroad

Author:Lyndon B. Johnson

“It is by education that we become prepared for our duties and responsibilities in life. If one is badly educated he must naturally fail in the proper assumption and practice of his duties and responsibilities.”

Ifs Responsibility Practice Failing Duty Prepared Educated Assumption Responsibilities In Life

Book:Message to the People: The Course of African Philosophy

Source: Message to the People: The Course of African Philosophy

“Let's gear our advertising to sell goods, but let's recognize also that advertising has a broad social responsibility.”

Social Responsibility Sells Advertising Goods Broads Social Responsibility Gears

Author:Leo Burnett

“A great nation cannot abandon its responsibilities. Responsibilities abandoned today return as more acute crises tomorrow.”

Today Nations Responsibility Return Tomorrow Crisis Abandon Abandoned Great Nations

Author:Gerald R. Ford

“I know different ways of looking at things. I have my stockholders, and I feel a very keen responsibility to the shareholders, but I feel that the main responsibility I have to them is to have the stock appreciate. And you only have it appreciate by reinvesting as much as you can back in the business. And that's what we've done... and that has been my philosophy on running the business.”

Knows Way Feels Has Beens Different Done Philosophy Running Business Responsibility Appreciate Different Ways Shareholders

Author:Walt Disney

“The earth will continue to regenerate its life sources only as long as we and all the peoples of the world do our part to conserve its natural resources. It is a responsibility which every human being shares. Through voluntary action, each of us can join in building a productive land in harmony with nature.”

World Humans Long Action Earth Nature Natural Human Beings Responsibility Share Land Building Source Resources Harmony Productive Conservation Natural Resources Nature Conservation

Author:Gerald R. Ford

“Power always brings with it responsibility.”

Evil Responsibility Good And Evil

Book:The New Nationalism

Source: The New Nationalism

“We have too long treated the natural world as an adversary rather than as a life-sustaining gift from the Almighty. If man has the genius to build, which he has, he must also have the ability and the responsibility to preserve.”

Ifs Men World Long Natural Ability Responsibility Genius Conservative Treated Preserves Almighty Natural World Adversaries Sustaining

Author:Gerald R. Ford

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