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• These irresponsible acts, which cannot have any justification whatsoever, are to be fully condemned. In these appalling circumstances, I want to offer you the most sincere condolences, both in my name and in that of the French people.

  Jacques Chirac

  Condolences, Names, People

  "Widespread International Condemnation of Attacks". www.irishtimes.com. March 11, 2004.

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• If one's patriotism is merely instinctive it is irrational and irresponsible, and consequently a danger to one's country.

  Paul Monroe

  Country, Patriotism, Danger

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• Aggressive and irresponsible steps endanger the peace and stability of the world, and the international community feels the need to protect itself from Iran.

  Moshe Katsav

  Iran, Community, Needs

  "Interview: Israeli President Discusses Iran Nuclear Standoff". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty interview, www.rferl.org. March 20, 2006.

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• A mob is the method by which good citizens turn over the law and the government to the criminal or irresponsible classes.

  Ray Stannard Baker

  Law, Class, Government

  Ray Stannard Baker (1908). “Following the Color Line: An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American Democracy”

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• To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who are not fully conscious of the importance of their gifts, and who are irresponsible in the application of their art: they

  Ben Okri

  Art, Poison, Stories

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• The education cuts in the President's budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable.

  Chaka Fattah

  Cutting, President, Budgets

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• I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procrastinate until the very, very, very bitter end. In fact, sometimes I work better under pressure.

  Cameron Diaz

  Mean, Facts, Needs

  Interview With Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. October 6, 2005.

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• Commercialism is laying its great greasy paw upon everything including the irresponsible quest of thrills; so that, whatever democracy may be theoretically, one is sometimes tempted to define it practically as standardized and commercialized melodrama.

  Irving Babbitt

  Democracy, Quests, May

  Irving Babbitt (2005). “On Literature, Cultures, and Religion”, p.138, Transaction Publishers

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• If there is a serious outbreak in the UK I doubt voters will risk a Labour government. Time to get serious... Look at Diane Abbott's irresponsible comments on Ebola patients, Mili's open border policy. No. Way.

  Louise Mensch

  Stupid, Government, Ebola

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• A coach is often responsible to an irresponsible public.

  Robert Zuppke

  Responsible, Coaches

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• They have taken the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents, where it belongs, and thrown it upon a gang of irresponsible and unintelligent quacks.

  H. L. Mencken

  Children, Freedom, Taken

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• I am now being criticized (by the opposition) for being irresponsible for saying `I will not raise the consumption tax rate while I am in office,' ... But, when my successor does raise the consumption tax rate, it will not be simply a matter of being irresponsible. He will be criticized for raising the tax.

  Junichiro Koizumi

  Office, Doe, Matter

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• When we begin to set boundaries with people we love, a really hard thing happens: they hurt. They may feel a hole where you used to plug up their aloneness, their disorganization, or their financial irresponsibility. Whatever it is, they will feel a loss. If you love them, this will be difficult for you to watch. But, when you are dealing with someone who is hurting, remember that your boundaries are both necessary for you and helpful for them. If you have been enabling them to be irresponsible, your limit setting may nudge them toward responsibility.

  Henry Cloud

  Hurt, Responsibility, Loss

  FaceBook post by Henry Cloud from Mar 03, 2016

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• It is irresponsible for this Congress to not investigate the President's lack of an exit strategy, and the fraud, waste, and abuse of U.S. tax dollars.

  Russ Carnahan

  Hype, Abuse, President

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• It [England] is a family in which the young are generally thwarted and most of the power is in the hands of irresponsible uncles and bedridden aunts.

  George Orwell

  Uncles, Aunt, Hands

  George Orwell (2009). “Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays”, p.125, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I knew I was breaking about a dozen laws but I guess I had different attitudes to stuff like that since the war. Laws were for the stupid the immature the irresponsible. The inflexible and the narrow-minded. The prejudiced. The obsessive. The lazy and careless and selfish and spoilt. The violent.

  John Marsden

  Attitude, Selfish, War

  John Marsden (2010). “While I Live: The Ellie Chronicles 1: The Ellie Chronicles”, p.60, Pan Australia

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• [What Hayek] does not see, or will not admit, [is] that a return to "free" competition means for the great mass of people a tyranny probably worse, because more irresponsible, than that of the State. The trouble with competitions is that somebody wins them. Professor Hayek denies that free capitalism necessarily leads to monopoly, but in practice that is where it has led, and since the vast majority of people would far rather have State regimentation than slumps and unemployment, the drift towards collectivism is bound to continue if popular opinion has any say in the matter.

  George Orwell

  Mean, Winning, Practice

  George Orwell (2003). “Orwell: The Observer Years”, Atlantic Books (UK)

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• Pacifism in the face of war is not only irresponsible - it is immoral. Refusing to meet force with force in the name of peace will beget not peace, but further death and destruction, the very violence the pacifists seek to avoid.

  David Limbaugh

  Peace, War, Names

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• We must have a new reformation. There must come a violent break with that irresponsible, amusement-mad, paganized pseudo-religion which passes today for the faith of Christ and which is being spread all over the world by unspiritual men employing unscriptural methods to achieve their ends.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Men, Mad, World

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• Grace is never cheap. It is absolutely free to us, but infinitely expensive to God... Anyone who is prone to use grace as a license for irresponsible, sinful behavior, surely does not appreciate the infinite price God paid to give us His grace.

  Jerry Bridges

  Appreciate, Giving, Grace

  Jerry Bridges (2017). “Transforming Grace”, p.161, NavPress

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• Taking responsibility nurtures self-confidence, and self-confidence can help you to be a more interesting and attractive person. And best of all, the more you believe in yourself, the more power you possess to attract your good. . . . Those who speak constantly of their right to freedom must understand that an irresponsible act does not bring greater freedom but only greater bondage to the action. One law of life says, "If we are to enjoy freedom, we must accept responsibility." A great awareness is expressed in this statement.

  John Templeton

  Believe, Responsibility, Self Confidence

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• I can't forgive a woman who is irresponsible and dishonest

  Lee Taemin

  Forgiving, Can't Forgive, I Can

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• If the economy of today were operating close to capacity levels with little unemployment, or if a sudden change in our military requirements should cause a scramble for men and resources, then I would oppose tax reductions as irresponsible and inflationary; and I would not hesitate to recommend a tax increase if that were necessary.

  John F. Kennedy

  Military, Men, Presidential

  Address to the Economic Club of New York, delivered 14 December 1962, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York

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• I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break up Microsoft.

  Steve Ballmer

  Break Up, Thinking, Trying

  "DOJ Case: Your Voice Counts!". Freedom to Innovate Network Newsletter, January 17, 2000.

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• In the final analysis, animals in shelters are not being killed because there are too many of them, because there are too few homes, or because the public is irresponsible. Animals in shelters are dying for primarily one reason–because people in shelters are killing them.

  Nathan Winograd

  Home, Animal, People

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