Anthony Foxx Quotes

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

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

Moral hazard is something I don't take lightly.

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

There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he who refuses to accept as a working truth the idea that all a man does should make for rightness and soundness, that even the fixing of a tariff rate must be moral.

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

Every human must take responsibility for his actions.

The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety. That shouldn't happen.

Public life is a situation of power and energy; he trespasses against his duty who sleeps upon his watch as he that goes over to the enemy.

We were elected to lead and sometimes we just have to do the right thing.

Am I my brother's keeper?

Responsibility is the product of definite social arrangements.

Don’t blame me for not serving you proper warning.

Everybody just has to be held accountable for their own actions.

I take accountability for my actions.

I think if you're not scared, you're not doing your job right.

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

I support accountability.

We either believe in accountability or we don't.

A corporation has no soul.

Chevron has wrapped itself in some pretty good arguments that make you scratch your head. The moral responsibility is certainly at its door. I leave it to other people to figure out whether there's legal responsibility.

Testing is not the point. The point is about responsibility.

Power always brings with it responsibility.

A weakened sense of responsibility does not weaken the fact of responsibility.