Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right than to be responsible and wrong - Winston Churchill party political broadcast, London (August 26, 1950)
Our privileges can be no greater than our obligations. The protection of our rights can endure no longer than the performance of our responsibilities - John F. Kennedy (1917-63) U.S. president. Speech (May 18, 1963)
One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebodyto blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license - P. J. O'Rourke
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible - Stanislaw Lec
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible - George Burns (1896-1996)
Men have never fully used [their] powers to advance the good in life, because they have waited upon some power external to themselves and to nature to do the work they are responsible for doing - John Dewey
Man is still responsible ... His success lies not with the stars, but with himself. He must carry on the fight of self-correction and discipline - Frank Curtis Williams
Liberty means responsibility - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish writer and critic. Maxims for Revolutionists (1905)
It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously - Peter Ustinov
It is impossible to get the measure of what an individual can accomplish unless the responsibility is given him -