Collective Accountability Quotes

The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.

Society itself is responsible for the degradation.

In a way, I think of the press as my colleagues. I don't want to throw hand grenades at people who do something that's pretty similar to what I do. But at the same time, we all need to take ourselves seriously and be responsible as professionals. And there was a collective failure in the treatment of Christopher Jefferies.

Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one is relieved of his share of responsibility …

A problem is that if all of us are collectively responsible for a big world goal, then no single agency or politician is held accountable if the goal is not met. Collective responsibility for world goals works about as well as collective farms in agriculture, and for the same reason.

The world is our responsibility. We cannot evade it.

The nation which can only be saved by one man and wants to be saved that way deserves a whipping!

You score goals as a team and you concede them as a team.

I think most people realize that our problems are our government, not me and you individually, except that we can - must have some sort of responsibility, because they're in there and they were elected, so we have to defend ourselves on those lines.

The institutions of the European Union, and the states that belong to this union, each and every one, are paying the price of our failures, hesitations and contradictions. We should each ask ourselves how personally responsible we are.

We do not wish to say only that a man is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for that of all men.

I feel like personally, it's on everybody to hold each other accountable.

We develop the kind of citizens we deserve.

Americans cannot escape a certain responsibility for what is done in our name around the world. In a democracy, even one as corrupted as ours, ultimate authority rests with the people. We empower the government with our votes, finance it with our taxes, bolster it with our silent acquiescence. If we are passive in the face of America's official actions overseas, we in effect endorse them.

There is a moral law in this world which has its application both to individuals and organized bodies of men. You cannot go on violating these laws in the name of your nation, yet enjoy their advantage as individuals. We may forget truth for our conv

No matter how complex global problems may seem, it is we ourselves who have given rise to them. They cannot be beyond our power to resolve

Technological measures are important, but equally important is... a consciousness of the commonality of all living beings and an emphasis on shared responsibility.

Having an experience is taking part in the world. Taking part in the world is really about sharing responsibility.

When everybody is supposed to pay, nobody seems to get the bill.

Islam’s sphere of activity is co-extensive with human life ... In such a state no one can regard any field of his affairs as personal and private.

I can't bear to hear a human being spoken of with contempt just because of his group identification...It's these respectable people here who create those hooligans out there.

So I think we got together as the Academy to give ourselves that sort of responsibility and to play well.

So when I say we had been the cowards, yes, that's what I meant, we as a society. And that's everybody, including myself. I had been screaming about the drug war and this war and other wars. I should have been more on terrorism, too. So should you, so should everybody.

There is no such thing as institutional conditions without any individual actions and no such thing as individual action without institutional conditions. So there is always personal responsibility.

We are more connected than ever before, more able to spread our ideas and beliefs, our anger and fears. As we exercise the right to advocate our views, and as we animate our supporters, we must all assume responsibility for our words and actions before they enter a vast echo chamber and reach those both serious and delirious, connected and unhinged.