Ellen Page Quotes

I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves.

We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government. 'Am I my brother's keeper?' Most certainly I am! I cannot escape my responsibility by saying the State will do all that is necessary. It is a tragedy that nowadays so many think and feel otherwise.

I think it's the responsibility of every human being, not just those who wear the identity of poet, activist, voter, religious person... it's the responsibility of every person. Our responsibility is to use our intelligence as clearly and coherently as we possibly can.

Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually.

We need to restore the full meaning of that old word, duty. It is the other side of rights.

What we try to say is that it doesn't matter if you are a Republican or a Democrat or conservative or independent. You are equally responsible for your place in the culture, and you must make a contribution, and you must accept responsibility for what goes down on your watch.

But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

It is time to break the bad habit of expecting something for nothing from our Government or from each other. Let us all take more responsibility not only for ourselves and our families but our communities and our country.

To a reluctant admission of the necessity for State action, we join a burning belief in duty.

The Church emphasis responsibility more than rights.

I want people to think about everyone in their life, and their responsibilities to their friends, their families and their country.

Freedom & Duty always go hand in hand and if the free do not accept the duty of social responsibility, they will not long remain free.

I do feel a responsibility to address things that are problematic, but I don't have to go out of my way to do that.

You can't run a society or cope with its problems if people are not held accountable for what they do.

Remember you live in a community. You have a responsibility to be accountable to your family and your community as well as yourself.

Responsibility is the price every man must pay for freedom.

The Islamic ethic is that if God has given you the capacity or good fortune to be a privileged individual in society, you have a moral responsibility to society.

People need responsibility. They resist assuming it, but they cannot get along without it.

I was raised to believe that everybody has a responsibility to their community.

No phase of life, whether public or private, can be free from duty.

Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky. They are people who say: This is my community, and it's my responsibility to make it better.

The time has come to accept in our hearts and minds that with freedom comes responsibility.

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.