Quotes about Responsibility
Was there a voice that whispered in his ear that he had just passed the most solemn moment of his destiny, that there was no longer a middle course for him; that from now on, he would either be the best of men or he would be the worst of men; that he now had to rise higher, so to speak, than the bishop or fall even lower than the galley slave; that if he wanted to be good, he had to be an angel; that if he wanted to stay bad, he had to be a monster from hell?
— Victor Hugo
Every blade has two edges; he who wounds with the one is wounded with the other.
— Victor Hugo
True, I tore the drapery from the altar; but it was to dress the wounds of the country.
— Victor Hugo
Teach the ignorant as much as you possibly can: society is culpable for not giving instruction gratis, and is responsible for the night it produces. This soul s full of darkness, and sin is committed, but the guilt person is not the man who commits the sin, but he who produces the darkness.
— Victor Hugo
A good mayor is a useful person. How can you hold back when you have the chance to do good?
— Victor Hugo
The faults of women, of children, of the feeble, the indigent, and the ignorant, are the fault of the husbands, the fathers, the masters, the strong, the rich, and the wise.
— Victor Hugo
Teach those who are ignorant as many things as possible; society is culpable
— Victor Hugo
He who has not been a determined accuser during prosperity should hold his peace in adversity.
— Victor Hugo
Those who are ignorant should be taught all you can teach them; society is to blame for not providing free public education; and society will answer for the obscurity it produces. If the soul is left in darkness, sin will be committed. The guilty party is not he who has sinned but he who created the darkness in the first place.
— Victor Hugo
Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing instruction for all and it must answer for the night which it produces. If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.
— Victor Hugo
Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.
— Victor Hugo
God was as visible in this affair as was Jean Valjean. God has his instruments. He makes use of the tool which he wills. He is not responsible to men.
— Victor Hugo