Quotes about Responsibility

The instructive admonitions, "give an account of thy stewardship,"—"occupy till I come;" are forgotten. Thus the generous and wakeful spirit of Christian Benevolence, seeking and finding every where occasions for its exercise, is exploded, and a system of decent selfishness is avowedly established in its stead; a system scarcely more to be abjured for its impiety, than to be abhorred for its cold insensibility to the opportunities of diffusing happiness.

We are all accountable: Our fallen nature is no excuse. We are responsible: God is not to blame. We stand guilty and deserving judgment. Any other teaching dilutes and refutes the true significance of the cross of Christ.

The Bible specifically states that sin cannot be blamed on how God made us. "When tempted, no one should say 'God is tempting me' " (Jas. 1:13). God wants us to come to terms with our sin and embrace the solution He has provided that can save us from judgment.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

Saving is a very fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.

I have watched this famous island descending incontinently, fecklessly, the stairway which leads to a dark gulf.

There are blessed intervals when I forget by one means or another that I am President of the United States.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.

Freedom exists only where people take care of the government.