Quotes about Accountability

To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.

Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the wellbeing of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.

No woman is responsible for altering the psyche of her oppressor, even when that psyche is embodied in another woman.

We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.

The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.

To abstain from condemning a torturer, is to become an accessory to the torture and murder of his victims.

If lightning strikes a rotten tree and it collapses, it's not the fault of the lightning.

There is no escape from justice, nothing can be unearned and unpaid for in the universe, neither in matter nor in spirit—and if the guilty do not pay, then the innocent have to pay it.

Religion forces every individual to take responsibility. Specifically, take it away from yourself and give it to God. If we had to be accountable for every one of our actions, we'd be crippled with indecision. But with religion pointing the way, we can feel confident in our choice to picket our children's elementary school when we find out the art teacher is gay.

A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.

I have the power to choose my response.

The originator of an idea cannot be held responsible for egregious misuse of his theory.