Quotes about Accountability
One leak will sink a ship, and one sin will destroy a sinner.
— John Bunyan
Hence the unskillful rashly infer, that man did not sin by free choice.
— John Calvin
But we must so cherish moderation that we do not try to make God render account to us, but so reverence his secret judgments as to consider his will the truly just cause of all things.
— John Calvin
But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.
— John Donne
I get audited almost every year.And in a way, I should be complaining. I'm not even complaining. I don't mind it. It's almost become a way of life. I get audited by the IRS. But other people don't.
— Donald Trump
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 should do only those things the people cannot do for themselves.
— Ronald Reagan
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
Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
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
Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.
— Harry S. Truman
No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.
— Benjamin Disraeli