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

I haven’t been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.

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

I hate fund-raising. Haaaaate it. Hate, hate it.

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.

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.

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.

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

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

Trust, but verify.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There’s another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity.

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.

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.

The buck stops here!

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

Algorithms diminish public safety in this country. They ask us to pretend that lengthy arrest records and violent crimes don’t matter. They ask police to scoop up the bad guys only for the courts to immediately release them. They turn us into a bad joke.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.

There will be no whitewash in the White House.

People who identify themselves as conservatives donate money to charity more often than people who identify themselves as liberals. They donate more money and a higher percentage of their incomes.

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

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

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

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.

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

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

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.

Responsibility, I believe, accrues through privilege.

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

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

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