Quotes about Responsibility
Science in itself is morally neutral; it becomes good or evil according as it is applied.
— Aldous Huxley
We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
— Ronald Reagan
In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.
— Nelson Mandela
Authentic Christian Preaching carries a note of authority and a demand for decisions not found elsewhere in society.
— Albert Mohler
The church has an unconditional obligation to the victims of any ordering society, even if they do not belong to the Christian community.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
As a civilised society, we have a duty to support those among us who are vulnerable and in need. When times are hard, that duty should be felt more than ever, not disappear or diminish.
— Justin Welby
The function of the society is to cultivate the individual. It is not the function of the individual to support society.
— Joseph Campbell
And as we are - the world is. That is, if we are greedy, envious, competitive, our society will be competitive, envious, greedy, which brings misery and war. The State is what we are.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.
— Margaret Mead
Who is a Jew? A person whose integrity decays when unmoved by the knowledge of wrong done to other people.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Just as we are commanded to keep the Sabbath, we are commanded to labor.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel