Newton N. Minow Quotes

We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government. 'Am I my brother's keeper?' Most certainly I am! I cannot escape my responsibility by saying the State will do all that is necessary. It is a tragedy that nowadays so many think and feel otherwise.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves.

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

The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.

But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.

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

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

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

The right to private property is inconceivable without responsibilities to the common good.

I still totally believe in individual rights and individual responsibility and in choosing to do good.

In duty the individual acquires his substantive freedom

Freedom & Duty always go hand in hand and if the free do not accept the duty of social responsibility, they will not long remain free.

Nations begin to dig their own graves when men talk more of human rights and less of human duties.

Liberty is a duty, not a right.

I know the biggest crime is just to throw up your hands, Say, This has nothing to do with me, I just want to live as comfortably as I can...

If this day means anything, it means that you are now in the contingent of the responsible. You must be kind, yes, but you must also look beyond your own house. We're depending on you for your efforts and your vision. We are depending on your eye and your imagination to identify what wrongs exist and persist, and on your hands, your backs, your efforts, to right them.

Regardless, for me, I feel a personal obligation and a social responsibility.

I think it's the responsibility of every human being, not just those who wear the identity of poet, activist, voter, religious person... it's the responsibility of every person. Our responsibility is to use our intelligence as clearly and coherently as we possibly can.

My answer to your question'Does the writer have a social responsibility?' is NO.You owe me ten cents, sir.

No one is responsible under liberalism.

It is the church's responsibility, the government's responsibility, and the personal responsibility of every one of us to love.

Responsibility cannot be shared.

Few are guilty, but all are responsible.