Accountability Quotes

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else. (David Brin)
I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life. View quote
Ai Weiwei
You cannot have democratic accountability in anything bigger than a nation state. View quote
Václav Klaus
Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House. View quote
Louise Slaughter
While I do commend the Administration on its commitment and focus on high school reform, I believe that we must focus on graduation as the key accountability measure. View quote
Ruben Hinojosa
Acknowledgment of torture is not accountability for it. View quote
Yousef Munayyer
Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government. View quote
Bob Woodward
America washes its dirty linen in public. When scandals such as this one hit, they do sully America's image in the world. But what usually also gets broadcast around the world is the vivid reality that the United States forces accountability and punishes wrongdoing, even at the highest levels. View quote
Fareed Zakaria
Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation. View quote
Carl Levin
If we want to truly regain the public's trust, we can provide greater accountability and transparency with a simple step. Let's start by communicating to our constituents about the votes we take. View quote
Melissa Bean
All corporatism – even when practised in societies where hard work, enterprise and cooperation are as highly valued as in Korea – encourages inflexibility, discourages individual accountability, and risks magnifying errors by concealing them. (Margaret Thatcher)
There's no accountability anymore, Pierce, no one holds anyone accountable for what they do. It's always someone else's fault. Usually people just blame the victim. View quote
Meg Cabot
If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes. View quote
Henry Cloud
Everyone understands that in a modern economy - transparency, accountability, a working justice system are part of having a functioning, modern society. View quote
Alexander Stille
I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services. View quote
Imran Khan
You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at play. View quote
Mike Lee (U.S. politician)
Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation. View quote
Atifete Jahjaga
If I could give one tip for people - it's not an exercise or nutrition regimen. It's to walk your talk and believe in yourself, because at the end of the day, the dumbbell and diet don't get you in shape. It's your accountability to your word. View quote
Brett Hoebel
The taxpayers deserve accountability. View quote
Byron Dorgan
It amazes me that parents are allowed to raise kids. There's so much power and often very little accountability. View quote
Ben Marcus
I want a minister to be in charge of a line department so they have clear political accountability. (Campbell Newman)
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. View quote
Doc Hastings
A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement. View quote
Dan Gelber
We are reinventing ourselves as a company. Compaq is taking ownership of its customer relationships and accountability of our customer's needs. View quote
Eckhard Pfeiffer
It is a very unusual sector and the one thing I would ask of them is to understand that for most of them one-third of their films are being financed by the taxpayer and that carries huge accountability and responsibility. View quote
Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley