Quotes about Responsibility
If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable, without possessing a certain portion of order and stability.
— James Madison
Government is not the solution, but rather the cause of our problems.
— Ronald Reagan
The true slogan of a true democracy is not 'Let the Government do it' but rather, 'let's do it ourselves'.... This is the spirit of a people dedicated to helping themselves and one another.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
. . . Government should do only those things the people cannot do for themselves.
— Ronald Reagan
Good government is no substitute for self-government.
— Mahatma Gandhi
To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and severity are properly employed.
— Samuel Johnson
It's important to make sure that governments have some checks on what they do, that people can oversee what's being done so the government doesn't abuse it.
— Barack Obama
Don't depend on governments or corporations to fix problems. Social revolutions are led by passionate individuals and that's what makes the difference.
— Margaret Mead
You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run that's very bad for the Republic.
— Michael Novak
Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
— Edmund Burke
Self-government can succeed only through an instructed electorate.
— Herbert Hoover