David Durenburger Quotes

I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible.

Freedom only remains healthy if we think about the implications of what we do on a day-to-day basis.

One must always be aware, to notice even though the cost of noticing is to become responsible.

We are responsible for what we do, and also for the influence of our example.

'The Author' is a play about responsibility, how active we are as spectators and how responsible we are for what we choose to look at.

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

We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities.

Every human must take responsibility for his actions.

If we sit by and become complacent and put our heads in the sand, we're complicit.

If you're responsible, and you're willing to take responsibility, we'll give you a pass.

If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.

We live in a prosperous country. And our prosperity is not only a blessing—it’s also an obligation.

The more the power of men and women increases, the greater is their responsibility as individuals and as members of the community.

I was no longer the man whose mistake could involve the world in war.

We forget that we all are the people; that while each of us in his group can shove off on the rest the bill of today, the debt is only postponed; the rest are passing it back to us. We have to pay in the end, every one of us.

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

This younger generation is paying in many cases, for the sins of its elders.

I'm not going to censor you fellows. I'm just leaving it up to each man's sense of responsibility.

To fight evil one must also recognize one's own responsibility. The values for which we stand must be expressed in the way we think of, and how we deal with, our fellow humans.

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.

I have nine children. It breaks my heart to think that it might be their blood is needed to redeem something, to reclaim something that we, through our apathy and our indifference, have given away.

It's time for people to hold these athletes accountable for their actions.

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

Frontiersman ideas of individualism stand exposed as we realise just how much our actions impact others.