Political Responsibility Quotes

• Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Freedom, Fear

  Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists: Liberty and Equality"

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• One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Religious, Responsibility

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.60, Beacon Press

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• As free citizens in a political democracy, we have a responsibility to be interested and involved in the affairs of the human community, be it at the local or the global level.

  Paul Wellstone

  Responsibility, Community, Political

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• I ask everyone with political responsibility to remember two things: human dignity and the common good.

  Pope Francis

  Responsibility, Two, Political

  Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex, twitter.com. May 1, 2014.

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• Citizenship in the 21st century requires more than paying your taxes and voting and occasionally running for office. That even if you're never in political office, you have political responsibilities. You can make your society stronger and better.

  William J. Clinton

  Running, Responsibility, Office

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The strength of collective decision making and political responsibility is not only a question of recognizing other people's ability. It is also recognizing one's own limitations.

  Aruna Roy

  Strength, Responsibility, People

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• Politics must not be separated from religious values; religion must not be separated from political responsibility.

  Joel Hunter

  Christian, Religious, Responsibility

  Joel C. Hunter (2011). “New Kind of Conservative (Large Print 16pt)”, p.171, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The institution of representative government to us seems an essential part of democracy, but the ancients never thought of it. Its immense merit was that it enabled a large constituency to exert indirect power, and thus made possible the distribution of political responsibility throughout the great states of modern times.

  Bertrand Russell

  Responsibility, Government, Political

  Bertrand Russell (1993). “The Quotable Bertrand Russell”

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• Panem et Circenses" translates into 'Bread and Circuses.' The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power.

  Suzanne Collins

  Responsibility, People, Political

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.223, Scholastic Inc.

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• Not a moment passes these days without fresh rushes of academic lemmings off the cliffs they proclaim the political responsibilities of the critic, but eventually all this moralizing will subside.

  Harold Bloom

  Responsibility, Political, Lemmings

  Harold Bloom (2014). “The Western Canon”, p.30, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Today, near the end of my days, I want to say that I harbor no rancor against anybody, that I love my fatherland above all and that I take political responsibility for everything that was done which had no other goal than making Chile greater and avoiding its disintegration. I assume full political responsibility for what happened.

  Augusto Pinochet

  Responsibility, Goal, Political

  "Pinochet Takes 'Political Responsibility' for Actions of Chilean Dictatorship". Associated Press, www.washingtonpost.com. November 26, 2006.

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• Autonomy is the capacity to act on principles that are one's own and one will exercise this capacity by means of a process of rational reflection on these principles. Autonomy is thought to be necessary for attributing political responsibility.

  Alison Assiter

  Mean, Responsibility, Exercise

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• I disagree with the analysis that you've put about what happened in relation to the student demonstrations and protests and the incident with the Prince of Wales' car. We're very clear that we have to separate out the political responsibility from operational responsibility of the police.

  Theresa May

  Responsibility, Car, Political

  "The Conservative Party’s always stood in every seat, and I think it’s important to us". Interview with Paul Goodman and Mark Fox, conservativehome.blogs.com. February 16, 2011.

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• If I had political responsibility, I would want to prepare for a plan B that would foresee that the European currency union, that the eurozone, no longer necessarily consists of 17 member states. And that means to make provisions so that other countries are not pulled into the maelstrom through contagion.

  Peer Steinbruck

  Country, Mean, Responsibility

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• In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together.

  Angela Merkel

  Responsibility, Europe, Political

  Interview with Bertrand Benoit and Andrew Gowers, www.ft.com. July 20, 2005.

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• Besides, many Islamic movements will change as soon as they gain political responsibility. I'm not at all pessimistic in this regard. Just think of Turkey, where the Islamists are now behaving like a sort of Christian Democratic party in Europe.

  Zalmay Khalilzad

  Christian, Islamic, Party

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I think it's one thing to be part of a very important group called the Senate of the United States and cast a vote. You're one of 100. I think it says even more to be a governor, where you ultimately have that political responsibility and accountability to succeed.

  Tom Ridge

  Responsibility, Thinking, Accountability

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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