If medical doctors can be sued for malpractice, shouldn’t financial professionals practice under the same safeguard?

I tend to feel if people say they’re going to do something, they will, if given the chance.

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.

The government’s job is good governance for everybody. My government will make policies; if you fit into it, come on board, or stay where you are. My job is not to spoon-feed anyone.

We’re all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

To accuse others for one’s own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one’s education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one’s education is complete.

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

The President is always abused. If he isn’t, he isn’t doing anything.

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

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.

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.

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.

I let the American people down.

When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.

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

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.

The biggest problem that we have is that California is being run now by special interests. All of the politicians are not anymore making the moves for the people, but for special interests and we have to stop that.

Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

In theory, the MSRB is supposed to protect the public interest, investors, and state and local governments. In practice, the MSRB membership structure is more shaded toward protecting the financial professionals who broker the deals.

Trust, but verify.

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

If we could just find out who’s in charge, we could kill him.

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

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

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.

Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told if they continue to sink into the mud of obscenity, they will proceed alone.

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence… on pain of liquidation.

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

I just think it is important that you realize, that you’re the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you’re libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

There will be no whitewash in the White House.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

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

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

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

Nobody is above the law. Imagine if there allegations against Modi and he is the Prime Minister. Should the case not be pursued just because he has become the PM. It should not be so that it should be stopped. I am not above the law.

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.

Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.

The time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching how we walk and how we talk. We must have the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity if we are to continue to have influence.

Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.

There’s a common perception among college administrators that they should conceal the high level of sexual assaults that take place on their campuses because it would bring discredit to the university, bring them a bad name if it was publicized.

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

Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They’ve got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

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

When I was in college I did a lot of stupid things and I don’t want to make an excuse for that. Some of the things that people accuse me of are true, some of them aren’t. There are pranks, IMs.

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

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 didn’t want to submit to the army and then, on the day of judgment, have God say to me, ‚Why did you do that?‘ This life is a trial, and you realize that what you do is going to be written down for Judgment Day.

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

If you get your ego in your way, you will only look to other people and circumstances to blame.

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.

My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.

I do take pride in saying that in spite of being in public life for so long, there is not a single case against me, not even for wrongly parking a scooter or driving on the wrong side.

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.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

When people are lame, they love to blame.