Quotes on Responsibility

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Never do today that which will become someone else's responsibility tomorrow.
 
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
 
Accept the terrible responsibility of life with eyes wide open.
 
Objectivity is a subject's delusion that observing can be done without him. Involving objectivity is abrogating responsibility – hence its popularity.
 
The distinction between responsible moral agents and beings with diminished or no responsibility is coherent, real, and important.
 
It is not what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.
 
We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact.
 
An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.
 
Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.
 
By exposing the absence of purpose in the laws governing the universe, science forces us to take responsibility for the welfare of ourselves, our species, and our planet.
 
Responsibility has become the fundamental imperative in modern civilization, and it should be an unavoidable criterion to assess and evaluate human actions, including, in a special way, development activities.
 
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. 
 
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
 
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