Accountability Quotes

Everyone understands that in a modern economy - transparency, accountability, a working justice system are part of having a functioning, modern society.

Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.

The most important quality I look for in a player is accountability. You've got to be accountable for who you are. It's too easy to blame things on someone else.

As buoyancy is not contrary to other characteristics of leadership, including decisiveness, accountability and performance standards, I don't ever think it can be self-defeating.

Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.

The Postal Service needs tools to modernize and compete. That is why today I am a cosponsor of H.R. 22, the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act.

Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.

It does not matter what party you are a member of in this great Nation of ours. Accountability and competence are characteristics that Americans value throughout our great land.

The taxpayers deserve accountability.

Everybody's got the potential for great good and great wrong in them, but it's the choices we make that define who we really are.

Sin and accountability aren't popular messages. Yet being trendy and well liked is not the point. We're here to carry out the work and mission of God, even when doing so is uncomfortable.

In addition to demanding answers and accountability from the Veterans Administration, Congress had to act to ensure veterans do not suffer because of the actions of a federal agency.

Move decisions out to the Cabinet and agencies. Strengthen them by moving responsibility, authority, and accountability their direction.

Toxic remnants of war represent a profound challenge for the protection of public health and the restoration of the environment in countries affected by conflict.

You can present the material, but you can't make me care.

We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online.

Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) has called for an audit of the Pentagon, so that we finally have some transparency and accountability in how DoD spends taxpayer dollars.

The United States stands at the pinnacle of world power. This is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with primacy in power is joined an awe-inspiring accountability for the future.

The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as corporate accountability.

I am lord of myself, accountable to none.

If a business has to be told that it needs more focus, accountability and decisiveness, there is a bigger problem at hand.

The irony of the matter is that the future generations do not have a vote. In effect, we hold their proxy.

Forgiving yourself, not guilt, increases personal accountability.

I think of a man and I take away reason and accountability.

India is at the vanguard of figuring out how to exploit technology and innovation on behalf of democratic accountability.

Hell is the place for people who did not live their lives according to the best of what was in them.

The accountability rests with me.

[Government] regulation is an imperfect substitute for the accountability, and trust, built into a market in which food producers meet the gaze of eaters and vice versa.

American liberty is premised on the accountability of free men and women for what they have done, not for what they may do.

When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions.

The internet brought many laudable things, but prosperity, stability, accountability and honest politics were not four of them.

We must be careful that the business we build does not become mere busyness.

I want a minister to be in charge of a line department so they have clear political accountability.

I've made tough calls and tough times and been held accountability. I think that is the kind of leadership that the American people need now to produce results.

Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error.

There's responsibility, but there's also accountability. You have to be accountable for your actions. You have to stand at your locker when things are going bad.

To me, what you want to do is find a way to let this play out between the virtual world and the physical world...Ultimately, I think society will get there. It will be messy, but we'll get there.

By boosting oversight and accountability, we can empower the VA in its core mission of helping the men and women who have served our country.

Truly great companies are built on ideals, not just deals.

The most important thing about a child's education is to have a great teacher in front of the classroom and a lot of choice and accountability with parents.

Secrecy destroys accountability.

Americans deserve an attorney general that will be honest with them, they deserve an attorney general who will uphold the basic standards of political independence and accountability.

We do not owe any soul, except that which played the most vital role in our lives.

We need to replace hyperbole with a reasonable, informed discussion about how to reinvent the federal budget with more transparency and better accountability.

Man, I wouldn't know where to begin on education reform, but one thing we have to do is add teacher accountability WITHOUT stressing standardized test scores.

I want to bring accountability to the federal government. I want the federal government to respect the states.

Visit USA.gov and you'll find thousands of directorates, agencies, boards, offices, and services replete with overlapping responsibilities, ancient priorities, and divided accountability.

ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution.

If I am going to trash others for their dumb predictions, I must at least hold myself to the same sort of accountability.

Everyone knows about the substantive issues of concern, like federal health care, but very little is said about the process, the lack of accountability.