responsibility Quotes

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it.

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.