And I have been campaigning for the past three months trying to get the Senate Judiciary Committee that has the oversight authority and responsibility to start its own public hearings. Votes: 4
I leave everything to the young men. You've got to give youthful men authority and responsibility if you're going to build up an organization. Otherwise you'll always be the boss yourself and you won't leave anything behind you. Votes: 4
I generally leave the details of fiscal programs to the Administration and Congress. That's really their area of authority and responsibility, and I don't think it's appropriate for me to second guess. Votes: 3
The ambiguous, gray areas of authority and responsibility between parents and teachers exacerbate the distrust between them. The distrust is further complicated by the fact that it is rarely articulated, but usually remains smoldering and silent. Votes: 3
Tibetans must take full authority and responsibility for developing industry, looking from all different perspectives, taking care of the environment, conserving resources for long-term economic health, and safeguarding the interests of Tibetan workers, nomads, and farmers. Votes: 3
Each department and institution has its own authorities and responsibilities, and they act on that basis. It is wrong to even compare such actions to what is done in Guantanamo or elsewhere by the Americans. They do not stand on a high moral platform to preach to others. Votes: 3
If you see someone taking responsibility, give that person authority. If you see someone looking for authority, watch out! Votes: 1
You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility. Votes: 0
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority. Votes: 0
I'm not wild about accepting responsibility without authority. Why should my people be? Votes: 0
My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility. Votes: 0
Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it. Votes: 0
The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority. Votes: 0
Anyone who takes responsibility for getting something done is welcome to ask for the authority to do it. Votes: 0
Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions. Votes: 0
Move decisions out to the Cabinet and agencies. Strengthen them by moving responsibility, authority, and accountability their direction. Votes: 0
We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that authority. Votes: 0
There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other. Votes: 0
In a dynamic, decentralized system of individual choice and responsibility, people do not have to trust any authority but their own. Votes: 0
I had to take responsibility, even if it meant saying no to an authority figure, because I was the authority on me. Votes: 0
To leave positions of great responsibility and authority is to die a little, but the time comes when that must be faced. Votes: 0
Under a neoliberal regime, the language of authority, power and command is divorced from ethics, social responsibility, critical analysis and social costs. Votes: 0
Democracy and equality try to denythe mystic recognition of difference and innate priority, the joy of obedience and the sacred responsibility of authority. Votes: 0
Eighty percent of the problems that beset unification immediately disappeared when the President signed the bill increasing the authority and the responsibility of the Secretary of Defense. Votes: 0
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. Votes: 5 John Adams
Responsibility is good for your soul Votes: 4 Judah Smith