Jennifer Granholm Quotes

Do not have any doubt that I will apply the law over whoever is responsible for not complying with the law.

It's time for these people to have accountability for what is being done.

Why have a rule if you're not going to enforce it?

We have to be careful about creating more rules.

Now where people are - at least the people I talk to - they are focused on issues of trust. Accountability also comes up, to make sure that this doesn't happen again.

We have disciplinary authority and will use it when appropriate.

Having rules means that sometimes people break them, and that means punishment.

You have to abide by the regulations that the regulators insist on. This is not a philosophical divide - it's a fact of life.

There will always be a rule. There will be people who break the rules. There will be consequences. We fundamentally think these things will be true for a time. The question becomes, What are the consequences? Who enforces the consequences? What are the worst consequences?

I'm a person who promotes the concept of accountability to a great extent, and I've spoken in the Parliament and reinforced the need for accountability.

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

In the U.S., you have so many rules, everything's regulated and structured. When you make a mistake, you pay for it -a lot.

You can only avoid responsibility for so long. The catalyst ended up being the law coming down and finally saying, 'You guys suspended judgement and that's fine, because we're not.'

The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed.

A need for enforcement implies the possibility of behavior that violates the rules of the game. The point is that if there were no possibility of violation, then you wouldn't need enforcement.

As for discipline and rules, I confess, I've never been good with either.

With great power goes great responsibility.

Lack of accountability in any decision making structure is not tolerable.

Reward and punishment are the twin instruments of power in the State; they must not be revealed to anyone.

Power invariably means both responsibility and danger.

If we don’t enforce the regulations we have, these conversations are useless.

You need to fix it, Mr. Dudley, or we will get someone who will.

I follow the roles.

It's good to be held accountable.

A rule is a rule.