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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The buck stops here!

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.

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

You know, one of the things I think you understand as president is you’re held responsible for everything, but you don’t always have control of everything, right?

I know I have a responsibility to the fans.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

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.

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

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.

I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.

I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don’t have to answer to them; I have to answer to God.

I’m not somebody that just wants to hold up a white flag and say, ‚Let’s all just get along.‘ I think people that do horrible things should be held accountable.

Everybody will make mistakes, and for some that mistake will rise to the level of being a crime.

When people are lame, they love to blame.

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

With Benghazi, I don’t see anyone saying, ‚Hey look, I am overall responsible for this and therefore, I take responsibility for what happened. It’s my fault.‘ I haven’t heard that yet. Meanwhile, the other side of the coin, the Osama bin Laden raid, it seems everyone made that decision, and that’s just unbelievable to me.

I believe – we all pay taxes. I’m happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That’s going to bother you.

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

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.

Responsibility, I believe, accrues through privilege.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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

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.

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.

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.

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.