I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.

The old-fashioned idea is that responsibility falls upon those who borrow and lend. Money was not borrowed by campesinos, assembly plant workers, or slum-dwellers. The mass of the population gained little from borrowing, indeed often suffered grievously from its effects.

It’s in responsibility that most people find the meaning that sustains them through life. It’s not in happiness. It’s not in impulsive pleasure.

He incurs a fearful amount of guilt who in the least promotes the aim of the Evil One by trampling upon a tender conscience in a child.

I said that America’s role would be limited; that we would not put ground troops into Libya; that we would focus our unique capabilities on the front end of the operation, and that we would transfer responsibility to our allies and partners.

People need to be insured so when you have an accident out there, or when something catastrophic happens to you, that you’re covered and there’s not someone else has to pay for you. That is as simple as that.

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

He who has great power should use it lightly.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself.

The issues a president faces are not black and white, and cannot be boiled down into 140 characters. Because when you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and the military at your command, you can’t make snap decisions. You can’t have a thin skin or the tendency to lash out.

It is always a strain when people are being killed. I don’t think anybody has held this job who hasn’t felt personally responsible for those being killed.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

My parents were dealing with evictions and repossessions and electricity getting shut off, and I just realized that I had to get it together.

What’s important for my daughter to know is that… if you are fortunate to have opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have those opportunities as well.

There’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.

A lot of people have a sense-of-entitlement mentality that somebody else ought to do these things for them. People are mad at the government for not getting jobs for them. I don’t understand why it’s the government’s responsibility.

There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

The major religions, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, they deny somehow that God has a feminine face. However, if you go to the holy texts, you see there is this feminine presence.

I know I have a responsibility to the fans.

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them responsible and cheerful.

With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents are their most important role models.

I don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

I can tell you this: If I’m ever in a position to call the shots, I’m not going to rush to send somebody else’s kids into a war.

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.

You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.

The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion.

When you’re in a leadership role, you can never please all of the people all of the time. There’s also a lot of responsibility that goes along with it that others may not realize.

Giving responsibility is the key to success with boys, especially with the rowdiest and most difficult boys.

Reparations – not just aid – should be provided by those responsible for devastating Iraqi civilian society by cruel sanctions and military actions, and – together with other criminal states – for supporting Saddam Hussein through his worst atrocities and beyond. That is the minimum that honesty requires.

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.

When the party gives me a responsibility, I must do it with complete dedication. God has given me the ability, which I utilise to its optimum.

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.

Being prime minister is a lonely job… you cannot lead from the crowd.

I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future.

America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.

Failure is nature’s plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.

When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you’ve got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I’m not sure any country, either the United States or I don’t hear of anyone else, who’s willing to take on that responsibility.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

A lot of times, people make other people responsible for their joy: ‚You’re not making me happy, you’re not doing this, you’re not doing that.‘

The spirit of America has nurtured responsibility and community unlike any other country.

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.

As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

I am not deeply involved in Australian politics but I know there are prime ministers, governments around the world who are not acting responsibly in relation to climate change.

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

When it comes to the qualifications that we should demand of our president, to start with, we need someone who will take the job seriously.

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I’m the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.

I do the dishes every night – other people volunteer, but I like the way I do it.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.

One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

I lived a sloppy life. So I took very small increments in my life. I started making my bed. I started cleaning my room. There were dishes in the sink. It started off with doing small house chores. I saw that the yard needed to be mowed. So instead of being told it needed to be mowed, I would mow it.

However great may be the work for which we are responsible, we will always do well if we pause to spend time in sacred praise.