Quotes about Accountability
Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself.
— Ronald Reagan
I hope we can continue to find ways to encourage integrity in all aspects of government operations
— Ben Carson
Of those to whom much is given, much is asked.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
If I expect great things from my people, they'll go to great lengths to keep from disappointing me.
— John Maxwell
The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.
— Andrew Carnegie
When the history of our times is written, will we be remembered as the generation that turned our backs in a moment of global crisis or will it be recorded that we did the right thing?
— Nelson Mandela
Nations should be governed by a council of learned men who must answer to the people for their actions.
— Isabel Allende
The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.
— St. Jerome
Don't come crying to me if your homes are attacked. You will reap what you sow.
— Ian Paisley
We have found, in our country, that when people have the right to make decisions as close to home as possible, they usually make the right decisions.
— Ronald Reagan
Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.
— Teresa of Avila