responsibility Quotes

Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we've got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged.

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.