“The Israelis object to an imposed settlement I don't know what they mean by an imposed settlement. It's quite obvious, without the all out support by the United States in money and weapons and so on the Israelis couldn't do what they've been doing. So we bear a very great share of the responsibility for the continuation of this...of this state of warfare.” KnowsMeanStatesUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesSupportShareObjectsBearsWeaponsJewObviousWarfareSettlementContinuation Author:J. William Fulbright
“The United States cannot feed every person, lift every person out of poverty, cure every disease, or stop every conflict. But our power and status have conferred upon us a tremendous responsibility to humanity.” PersonsStatesHumanityUnitedResponsibilityPovertyUnited StatesConflictDiseaseCuresLifts Author:Richard Lugar
“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.” MeanStatesCareLawPresidentUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesConstitutionTake CareSolemnTreatiesStatutes Author:Samuel Alito
“A man who murders another shortens by a few brief years the life of a human being; but he who votes to increase the burden of debts upon the people of the United States assumes a graver responsibility.” PeopleMenYearsHumansStatesHuman BeingsUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesVoteIncreaseMurderAssumingBurdenDebt Book:The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan Source: The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan
“My view is there will be problems and bad people as long as the earth exists, and since we're moving into a completely interdependent global environment, we're better off building a world we'd like to live in when the United States are not the only military superpower. That is, we need to build a world of shared responsibility, shared benefits, and shared commitment to our common humanity.” PeopleWorldNeedsLongStatesProblemEarthMovingHumanityUnitedViewsCommonResponsibilityUnited StatesEnvironmentMilitaryBuildingBenefitsCommitmentBetter OffBad PeopleSuperpowerCommon HumanityShared Responsibility Author:William J. Clinton
“I am a Republican because I believe in the constitution, strength in national defense, limited government, individual freedom, and personal responsibility as the concrete foundation for American government. They reinforce the resolve that the United States is the greatest country in the world and we can all be eternally grateful to our founding fathers for the beautiful legacy they left us today.” WorldBelieveCountryStatesGovernmentTodayBeautifulFatherIndividualLeftI BelieveUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesRepublicanConstitutionFoundationGratefulI Believe InDefenseLegacyResolveConcreteFoundingPersonal ResponsibilityOur Founding FathersLimited GovernmentAmerican GovernmentIndividual FreedomNational Defense Author:Martha Raye
“Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the President of the United States is authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, a gold medal of appropriate design to the family of the late Honorable Leo J. Ryan in recognition of his distinguished service as a Member of Congress and the fact of his untimely death by assassination while performing his responsibilities as a Member of the United States House of Representatives.” StatesFactsAmericaHousePresidentUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesDesignMembersLateGoldCongressRecognitionPerformingAppropriateSenateRepresentativesUnited States Of AmericaHonorableBehalfMedalDistinguishedAssassinationGold MedalsHouse Of RepresentativesUntimely Death Author:Leo Ryan
“America does not need to be worried with bailing out a European country that has made irresponsible expenditures, and then all of a sudden, throws their hands up and say, Oh, please come save us. That is not our responsibility in the United States of America.” NeedsDoeMadeCountryStatesHandsAmericaUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesPleaseWorriedUnited States Of AmericaIrresponsibleExpendituresEuropean CountriesHands UpBailing Out Author:Rick Perry
“It is the foremost responsibility of the United States, having been the predominant nuclear power, to take the lead in scaling this back and making good on its signed and sealed and ratified obligation in Article 6 of the non-proliferation treaty going back to '68 to eliminate this nuclear arsenal. That's a serious international obligation.” StatesUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesSeriousInternationalNuclearObligationArticlesTreatiesArsenalNuclear PowerProliferationLead InProliferation Treaty Author:George Lee Butler
“Theres something unique about the United States, a sense of individual rights and freedoms, and a sense of social and civic responsibility that we contributed to so much of the world. We lost that mission in the 1980s and 1990s, when we entered a gilded age, and the culture of individualism became a culture of avarice.” WorldStatesAgeCultureIndividualLostSocialUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesRightsUniqueMissionsIndividualismAvariceCivicsIndividual RightsRights And FreedomsGildedGilded AgeCivic Responsibility Author:George Hickenlooper
“It is the responsibility of all the Sudanese, especially the political leaders and the media, to strengthen social cohesion through the proper understanding of the dynamics of unity, if they really want our country to remain united.” IfsWantCountryPoliticalSocialUnderstandingUnitedResponsibilityLeaderMediaUnityOur CountryDynamicsPolitical LeadersCohesion Author:Salva Kiir Mayardit
“Feminism is a choice, and if a woman does not want to be a feminist, that is her right, but it is still my responsibility to fight for her rights. I believe feminism is grounded in supporting the choices of women even if we wouldn't make certain choices for ourselves. I believe women not just in the United States but throughout the world deserve equality and freedom but know I am in no position to tell women of other cultures what that equality and freedom should look like.” IfsKnowsWorldWantShouldBelieveLooksDoeStillsStatesCertainChoicesCultureFightingI BelieveUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesRightsFeminismPositionDeserveFeministGroundedOther Cultures Book:Bad Feminist: Essays Source: Bad Feminist: Essays
“The overall way of thinking in the United States has shifted away from basic Biblical values, and the media share in the responsibility for this change.” ThinkingWayStatesChristianValuesReligiousUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesShareMediaBiblicalWay Of Thinking Author:Francis Schaeffer
“The principle of free speech is no new doctrine born of the Constitution of the United States. It is a heritage of English-speaking peoples, which has been won by incalculable sacrifice, and which they must preserve so long as they hope to live as free men.” MenLongHas BeensStatesBornFreedomUnitedResponsibilityPrinciplesHistoryUnited StatesSacrificeSpeechConstitutionDoctrinePreservesHeritageFree SpeechFree ManConstitution Of The United StatesEnglish SpeakingHope To Live Author:Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
“On the security front, the United States must continue to play a leadership role. There simply is not another country in the world that commands the respect or has the capabilities that we do, and we must not shrink from our responsibilities.” WorldCountryStatesPlayUnitedResponsibilityRolesUnited StatesSecurityFrontsCommandCapabilityShrinksLeadership Roles Author:Dan Quayle
“I don't think that the United States has the bulk of the responsibility. I really put that on Bashar Assad and on the Iraqis and on the region itself.” ThinkingStatesUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesRegionsAssad Author:Hillary Clinton