Branch Rickey Quotes

We've got to be responsible, somebody's got to be responsible for it.

Accountability breeds response-ability.

Being responsible, I will direct, and will be responsible for nothing that I do not direct.

I take responsibility for everything that happens in the SNP as leader.

The greater the power, the greater the responsibility in its exercise.

Responsibility is always about concrete action.

When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. When you desire a consequence you had damned well better take the action that would create it.

If you've broken the eggs, you should make the omelette.

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

What do you expect me to do about it?

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy.

I was authorized to do everything that I did.

Fear, born of that stern matron, Responsibility.

Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.

I have to take responsibility for anything that happened within its businesses.

You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.

I feel responsibility for a lot of things that I manage to touch.

Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.

Responsibility means nothing if you do not have a forum in which to exercise it.

With great power goes great responsibility.

Some call it power; I prefer to call it responsibility.

Power invariably means both responsibility and danger.

Responsibility is a unique concept... You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you...

It's good to be held accountable.