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“The end of the world is on people's minds. We have the power to destroy or save ourselves, but the question is what do you do with that responsibility.”
“Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give...”
“I believe as a born-again Christian that once you've had a chance to drink from the well, it becomes your responsibility to replenish the well.”
“I'm actual thankful for the amount of responsibility that has been handed to me. I feel very honored.”
“You know what I hate? I hate people who give me plants. The whole giving someone plants - it's like giving someone a pet. I'm giving you responsibility, I'm giving you a thing that you now have to ...”
“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 complet...”
“Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility.”
“Leadership - leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses.”
“It is the responsibility of leadership to provide opportunity, and the responsibility of individuals to contribute.”
“We must recognize that as the dominant power in the world we have a special responsibility. In addition to protecting our national interests, we must take the leadership in protecting the common in...”
“I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.”
“Bipartisanship isn't an option anymore it is a requirement. The American people have divided responsibility for leadership right down the middle. ”
“It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of a country should also be saddled with the responsibility of...”
“As a medical doctor and cardiac surgeon, I had the responsibility of performing open-heart surgery on President Spencer W. Kimball in 1972, when he was Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve ...”
“When Demetrie got sick, we knew it was our responsibility to take care of her and pay her medical bills. And we embraced that. But the tricky part is, like so many families in the South, we also ex...”
“I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a zephyr of truth and a gentle breeze of responsibility rather than blow me down with a curtain of hot wind.”
“If the City Council wants to hold the police accountable, it has the subpoena power and oversight responsibility to do so. They don't have the courage to do it.”
“Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides have then recognized that an accord must be reached...”
“The Democratic Party believes that health insurance is a social responsibility of the nation. I believe that health insurance is an individual responsibility. And that's a really hard philosophy to...”
“You can't just take an aspirin and sit around and have 12 donuts and think, 'I took my aspirin so I'm not going to have a heart attack.' It's really important each person take personal responsibili...”
