I stand on the sidewalk watching it because the responsibility is mine and I must, I take a very firm hold on the handles of the baby carriage and I wheel it into the traffic. (Quote by - Grace Abbott)

When I was young, it was very exciting to have a thought that we can change the world if we all collaborated, but I think it's not just an artist's responsibility as I think we all have responsibilities to different things, whatever we choose in our lives. (Quote by - Gates McFadden)

With every civil right there has to be a corresponding civil obligation. (Quote by - Edison Haines)

A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed. (Quote by - William James)

Mistakes fail in their mission of helping the person who blames them on the other fellow. (Quote by - Henry S. Haskins)

The commands of democracy are as imperative as its privileges and opportunities are wide and generous. Its compulsion is upon us. (Quote by - Woodrow Wilson)

Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. (Quote by - Donald Rumsfeld)

For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the sun grows cold? That's the responsibility we hold in our hands. (Quote by - David Brower)

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. (Quote by - Abigail Van Buren)

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. (Quote by - Dietrich Bonhoeffer)

What on earth is he going to get paid for? [on John Prescott keeping all his favours for zero departmental responsibility] (Quote by - Kate Hoey)

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach. (Quote by - William Ellery Channing)

The fact is that democracy brings with it a serious element of responsibility and all parties have to accept that fact to move forward. (Quote by - Daniel Greenberg)

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them. (Quote by - Tom Stoppard)

As a member of Congress, I believe it is the responsibility of those elected to represent the people at every level of government to ensure that our government works to ensure that every person who wants gainful employment has it. (Quote by - Leonard Boswell)

Duty is what one expects from others. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)

Since we humans have the better brain, isn't it our responsibility to protect our fellow creatures from, oddly enough, ourselves? (Quote by - Joy Adamson)

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs. (Quote by - Joan Didion)

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. (Quote by - Max De Pree)

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more (Quote by - Anthony Robbins)

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful. (Quote by - Marie Curie)

The great thought, the great concern, the great anxiety of men is to restrict, as much as possible, the limits of their own responsibility. (Quote by - Giosu Borsi)

Whatever happens, take responsibility. (Quote by - Anthony Robbins)

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. (Quote by - Ronald Reagan)

It is hard to imagine a greater responsibility and honour [than being given this job by Gordon Brown which was a big surprise to everyone] (Quote by - Jacqui Smith)