We are not spending the Federal Government’s money, we are spending the taxpayer’s money, and it must be spent n a way which guarantees his money’s worth and yields the fullest possible benefit to the people being helped.

Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.

I just love to shop. If I could, I would shop every single day in every single store and spend all of my money which, you know, I do anyway.

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn’t be here. It’d still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.

When people are lame, they love to blame.

To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes. And so what I think is really important is sustainability.

I let the American people down.

I stand by all the misstatements that I’ve made.

We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

Being willing to donate the taxpayers‘ money is not the same as being willing to put your own money where your mouth is.

In politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake.

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.

No one gets away with anything, ever, so take responsibility for your own life.

We are not punished for our sins, but by them.

The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers.

Yes, sir, no, sir, clock in, clock out. Why were you late? Why are you not in today? That’s not how humans are supposed to live.

You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.

From the late 1940s, into and through the ’50s, there developed a complex interaction between federal government, state and local government, real-estate interests, commercial interests and court decisions, which had the effect of undermining the mass transit system across the country.

As long as you blame someone or something else – something outside you that’s bigger than you are – as the source of your problems, the problems won’t get solved.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

The inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people. In such a government there can be nothing but temporary expedient, fickleness, and folly.

The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

Your success, or lack of success, is your responsibility. Even when you have a chain of command that you don’t like as well, its your responsibility to work with the up chain of command.

In the middle of a recession, where we’re just climbing out of it, where the economy -unemployment is still at 9.7 percent, the idea of raising taxes and reducing spending is a prescription for disaster.

I want to be very clear: I will not sign on to any health plan that adds to our deficits over the next decade.

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn’t reach the quality it should have.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

The human wish to credit good things as miraculous and to charge bad things to another account is apparently universal.

Henry Kissinger should have the door shut in his face by every decent person and should be shamed, ostracized and excluded.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

There is a need for financial reform along ethical lines that would produce in its turn an economic reform to benefit everyone. This would nevertheless require a courageous change of attitude on the part of political leaders.

The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit… a reputation, character.

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.

Well, I think that California has had a history of always spending more money than it takes in.

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.

If I’d written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people – including me – would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.

I don’t believe in collective guilt, but I do believe in collective responsibility.

Frankly, I think that the news industry is critically important because it points out things and surfaces truths that can often be uncomfortable. I think that that’s working, and the spotlight has been pointed on things that we have a responsibility to do better, and I accept that.

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are – more humane.

Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

Our DNA is as a consumer company – for that individual customer who’s voting thumbs up or thumbs down. That’s who we think about. And we think that our job is to take responsibility for the complete user experience. And if it’s not up to par, it’s our fault, plain and simply.

If you want to cut your own throat, don’t come to me for a bandage.

With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.

Trust, but verify.

I’ve lived a very colorful life, and I’ve said some things, But not once have I taken them back, and I’ve never apologized for them – and I won’t.

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.

Taxpayers have long memories, especially when it comes to how their hard-earned money is spent.

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.

I’ll never tell a lie. I’ll never make a misleading statement. I’ll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I’ll never avoid a controversial issue.

Millions of Americans and people around the world, especially young people who face intense financial challenges today, haven’t been taught how to take control of their financial future.

Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end.

I can see clearly now… that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.

I strongly believe that for serious and violent criminals, we must absolutely hold them accountable for their crimes and send them to prison.