Accountability Quotes - Page 9

• The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Simple, Political, Politics

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• If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, it ought to be done openly, with accountability, with approval by the president of the United States or by a Supreme Court justice.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Numbers, Justice, President

  "Dershowitz: Torture could be justified". Interview with Wolf Blitzer, edition.cnn.com. March 4, 2003.

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• The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

  Epicurus

  Death, Art, Philosophical

  Epicurus (1964). “Letters: Principles Doctrines, and Vatican Sayings Translated, with an Introd. and Notes, by Russel M. Geor. Indianapolis Merrill”

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• By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any school, far more important than tests or standards or business-model methods of accountability, is simply attracting the best-educated, most exciting young people into urban schools and keeping them there.

  Jonathan Kozol

  School, People, Important

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• If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public.

  Rachel Maddow

  Secret, Done, Way

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• I introduced the Transparency in Government Act, a multi-faceted transparency bill that would bring unprecedented access and accountability to the federal government.

  Mike Quigley

  Government, Bills, Transparency

  "Paulson’s Actions Raise Serious Ethical Questions" by Mike Quigley, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 6, 2011.

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• Refinancing won't fix everything that's broken with our [American] higher education system. We've got to bring down the cost of college. And we need more accountability for how schools spend federal dollars.

  Elizabeth Warren

  School, College, Broken

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Is there a wrong way to say "I don't know"? Yes. When we declare ignorance, it should be a) honest and b) in the spirit of opening ourselves up to hearing, to learning, to receiving. When we say "I don't know" under these conditions, the words can forge connection, healing, growth. But when we resist or disavow knowledge, when we profess ignorance as a way of donning armor and evading accountability, then we make a mockery of those words, and we rupture connections not only with others but within ourselves, within our souls.

  Leah Hager Cohen

  Healing, Ignorance, Soul

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• Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a proposal, you can actually accomplish it.

  Jim Nussle

  Government, People, Promise

  "Arena Profile: Jim Nussle". Interview with Seung Min Kim, www.politico.com. April 15, 2010.

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• I am a passionate believer in freedom of speech. I would not support anything which would impinge on aggressive robust freedom of the British press, but when things go wrong and there has been outright illegality, there should be proper accountability.

  Nick Clegg

  Support, Freedom Of Speech, Passionate

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• America washes its dirty linen in public. When scandals such as this one hit, they do sully America's image in the world. But what usually also gets broadcast around the world is the vivid reality that the United States forces accountability and punishes wrongdoing, even at the highest levels.

  Fareed Zakaria

  Dirty, Reality, America

  "Pssst... Nobody Loves a Torturer". www.newsweek.com. November 13, 2005.

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• Perhaps nothing in our society is more needed for those in positions of authority than accountability. Too often those with authority are able (and willing) to surround themselves with people who support their decisions without question.

  Larry Burkett

  People, Support, Decision

  Larry Burkett (1998). “Business By The Book: Complete Guide of Biblical Principles for the Workplace”, p.11, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The Government of the United States would be constrained to hold the Imperial German government to a strict accountability for such acts of their naval authorities.

  Woodrow Wilson

  War, Government, United States

  Woodrow Wilson, Albert Fried (1965). “A Day of Dedication”, New York : Macmillan [1965]

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• Everyone knows about the substantive issues of concern, like federal health care, but very little is said about the process, the lack of accountability.

  Justin Amash

  Issues, Care, Littles

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• The intelligence community, for the most part, has no accountability at all; to the Congress, to us the American people, and so they feel that they above the law.

  Gloria Naylor

  Law, People, Community

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• For with primacy in power is also joined an awe inspiring accountability to the future.

  Winston Churchill

  Political, Politics, Awe Inspiring

  The Sinews of Peace, delivered 5 March 1946 Westminster College, Fulton Missouri

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• I'm a person who promotes the concept of accountability to a great extent, and I've spoken in the Parliament and reinforced the need for accountability.

  Vijay Mallya

  Needs, Parliament, Persons

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• I see more people taking on the cloak of accountability, more people tiring of the blame game. If we are all connected and our actions in Australia affect us in Istanbul, then we are all to blame and all to be healers. We can't blame lawyers anymore for the 'liability' vs. common sense imbalance.

  Jane Siberry

  Istanbul, Games, Australia

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• The point for me is to create relationships based on deeper and more real notions of trust. So that love becomes defined not by sexual exclusivity, but by actual respect, concern, commitment to act with kind intentions, accountability for our actions, and a desire for mutual growth.

  Dean Spade

  Real, Commitment, Love Is

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• Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

  Timothy Keller

  Friendship, Running, Commitment

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• To begin by always thinking of love as an action rather than a feeling is one way in which anyone using the word in this manner automatically assumes accountability and responsibility.

  Bell Hooks

  Responsibility, Thinking, Feelings

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• Across the world, the lack of accountability for the harm to the environment and public health caused by conflict and military activities undermines global efforts to help fragile countries recover from armed conflicts

  Widad Akrawi

  Country, Military, Effort

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• Tackling climate change is a collective endeavour, it means collective accountability and it's not too late

  Christine Lagarde

  Inspiring, Mean, Climate

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• The top group of fundraisers for Mr. Obama raised $457,834 for his 2008 campaign - and were approved for federal grants and loans of $11.4 billion, according to the Government Accountability Institute. Selling access to the federal treasury has been a great way for Democrats to raise campaign funds. Since 1989, according to an analysis by Gateway Pundit, big donors have provided $416 million more in direct contributions to Democrats than Republicans.

  Jack Kelly

  Government, Analysis, Campaigns

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• Maybe you're not perfect, but you're willing to actually look at yourself and take some kind of accountability. That's a change. It might not mean that you can turn everything around, but I think there's something incredibly hopeful about that.

  Brie Larson

  Mean, Thinking, Perfect

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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