David Souter Quotes

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.

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

It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.

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.

It is correct that I overlooked the contamination of the party, not just now but also in the past.

At the state level, we must take a careful look at what went wrong and make sure it never happens again. The buck stops here, and as your governor, I take full responsibility.

What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability.

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

I just think we need more accountability and more transparency.

We need, first of all, for there to be accountability, for there to be somebody who is responsible for enforcing standards and holding people's feet to the fire.

You get blamed for whatever happens on your watch.

Time was when an incompetent Governor could not be permitted among men. He was, and had to be, by one method or the other, clutched up from his place at the helm of affairs, and hurled down into the hold, perhaps even overboard, if he could not really steer. And we call those ages barbarous, because they shuddered to see a Phantasm at the helm of their affairs

What did they know, when did they know it, and what did they do about it.

We need to have some people fired for reasons of public trust.

It's absolutely right that we scrutinise the leaders who after all are going to be in a position of great power.

People elect me to make sure the chief of police is the right chief of police. They elect me to make sure I have the right person running the airport.

No one will be hurt if I don't come to conventions.

We either believe in accountability or we don't.

The power to investigate is a great public trust.

Congressmember Weiner has shown just a pattern of reckless behavior, an inability to tell the truth, and what New Yorkers deserve is a mayor with a record of delivering for them, of vision, and a level of maturity and responsibility.

I won't wait until the end of my term to say I made mistakes at the beginning. That's too late. I will try to adopt the proper behaviour, if the French give me the chance, right from the start.

I think that shows a level of maturity and understanding that I think bodes well for getting to the bottom of this. But it is really up to you and your staff, on behalf of the American people, to take on that challenge.

There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.

Ethics are a key issue, and they're a key issue on the Democratic side, and all people have to be held to high standards.

If somebody dumps something noxious in my back yard, the dumper is the last one I would call on to repair the damage.