Quotes about Responsibility
Leaders made mistakes. And those mistakes, amplified by the numbers who followed without questioning, moved inevitably toward great disasters.
— Frank Herbert
The historical system of mutual pillage and extortion stops here on Arrakis," his father said. "You cannot go on forever stealing what you need without regard to those who come after. The physical qualities of a planet are written into its economic and political record.
— Frank Herbert
Gods need take no responsibility for anything except genesis. Gods accept everything and thus accept nothing. Gods must be identifiable yet remain anonymous. Gods do not need a spirit world.
— Frank Herbert
Words can carry any burden we wish. All that's required is agreement and a tradition upon which to build.
— Frank Herbert
It is another kind of marriage—the marriage of privilege and duty. It is the aristocrat's explanation and his excuse.
— Frank Herbert
Membership in a conspiracy, as in an army, frees people from the sense of personal responsibility.
— Frank Herbert
Militant missionary religions can share this illusion of the proud past, ' but few understand the ultimate peril to humankind-that false sense of freedom from responsibility for your own actions.
— Frank Herbert
We should grant power over our affairs only to those reluctant to hold it, and only under conditions that increase that reluctance.
— Frank Herbert
The problem with leadership is that leaders are human beings. And when they make mistakes, their mistakes are amplified by the numbers who follow without question.
— Frank Herbert
A bad administrator is more concerned with reports than with decisions. He wants the hard record which he can display as an excuse for his errors." "And good administrators?
— Frank Herbert
Who shall guard the guardians? Who shall see that the guardians commit no offenses?
— Frank Herbert
It requires good government. That does not depend upon laws or precedent, but upon the personal qualities of whoever governs.
— Frank Herbert