Sebastian Kurz Quotes

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

We have, all of us, our duties. Every action of our lives, and every word that we utter, will either conduce to or detract from the discharge of our duty.

We tend to think that people are more to blame for their acts than for their omissions.

It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.

The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it.

Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.

We are responsible not only for what we do but also for what we could have prevented.

If everyone is to be made responsible for everything they do, you must extend responsibility beyond the level of conscious intention.

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.

We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.

And, if there was any responsibility in refusing to obey, he was willing to accept it.

Someone needs to tell the truth, but it shouldn't be my job.

A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality.

I think that if there are positions that you can't argue... then the responsibility is probably to resign. If one's own conscience is opposed to the requirements and responsibilities of the job, then it's time to leave the job.

We are all responsible for our actions and our failures to act.

Freedom is not the liberty do anything whatsoever. It is the freedom to do good

Tom Clarke is dead. He has not our responsibilities. Nobody will ever know what he would do for the situation did not arise for him. But is has risen for us and we must face it with our intelligence and conscious of our responsibility.

Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.

What is done cannot be effaced. We have to act upon a moral field prepared for us ...

doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right

A necessary act incurs no blame.

In my life as a soldier and citizen, I have seen time and time again that inaction has dire consequences.