Psychologically, it's always more pleasurable to blame others for our problems than it is to acknowledge our own responsibility.
With privilege comes responsibility, you must understand that. People expect us to lead by example and we shall not disappoint them.
The American people do not have the information upon which they can hold the administration and responsible agencies accountable. I call that a coverup.
We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order to be really happy fulfilled adults.
I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.
Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.
I long for an audience. I ache for it. I think that's one of the hardest things about the television medium is that you don't get that. You don't get that immediate response.
Having children truly ends adolescence. We are all either parents or children: responsibility-takers or those who demand from others.
A corporation's responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed.
The Fed has got to become a more democratic institution that is responsive to the needs of the middle class, not just Wall Street CEOs.
I have to tell people that they are not responsible for their behavior. They're not creating it; they're not initiating anything. It's all found somewhere else. That's an awful lot to relinquish.
Resentment is often a woman's inner signal that she has been ignoring an important God-given responsibility - that of making choices.
When I learned how millions of children go to bed hungry, my only response was, 'What can I do to help?'
We don’t vote for people because they are the exact embodiment of our values, but because they are likely to be the most responsive to them.
You may have read that I went to M.I.T. In 1982 I filled out a Who's Who survey with joking responses, and they never bothered to check the facts.
I appeal to the responsibility of the blocs and the major powers, not to seek security in the arms race, but rather in a meeting for joint disarmament and arms limitations.
The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions.
The responsibility of commanding the invasion fell to me, and the task was assigned to my Army Group.
I don't want the Latino community to think I think the reason Latino films are not doing well is because of us. It is not fully our responsibility.
You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for it. So, seize the day and take charge of it.
