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.

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

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

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.

The taxpayer – that’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.

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.

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

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

I know I have a responsibility to the fans.

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

Some people will have to be afraid. Those who plunder the nation, deliver injustice, will have to feel scared of me. And I am not afraid of admitting this. Government cannot be so lenient that it forgives them.

I often say to people that producing is the best-paid form of cowardice. When you produce things, you almost always get credit if it’s a good record, but you hardly ever get the blame if it’s not! You don’t really take responsibility for your work.

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

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

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

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

If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.

Rich countries can afford to overpay for things.

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

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.

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

Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies.

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 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.

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.

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.

There will be no whitewash in the White House.

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

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.

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.

I want the Israeli government to be made accountable for its behaviour to the Palestinians, and I want the people of the U.S. to cease acting as if they don’t understand what is going on.

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.

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.

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’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.

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

I let the American people down.

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

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.

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.

The real danger is not inaction. The real danger is when politicians and CEOs are making it look like action is happening when in fact nothing is being done.

A candidate is not going to suddenly change once they get into office. Just the opposite, in fact. Because the minute that individual takes that oath, they are under the hottest, harshest light there is. And there is no way to hide who they really are.

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

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.

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

To some degree it matters who’s in office, but it matters more how much pressure they’re under from the public.

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.

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

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.

Our diplomacy and development budget is not just about reducing spending and finding efficiencies. We need a frank conversation about what we stand for as that ‚shining city on a hill.‘ And that conversation begins by acknowledging that we can’t do it on the cheap.

Car designers are just going to have to come up with an automobile that outlasts the payments.

When people are lame, they love to blame.

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.

I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning.

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

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.

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.

I think the great part about what I do is that there’s a scoreboard. At the end of every week, you know how you did. You know how well you prepared. You know whether you executed your game plan. There’s a tangible score.

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