Official Responsibility Quotes

When I was sworn into office, I took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and I take that responsibility very seriously.

Thou knowest how long and loyally I served the king in his worldly affairs. For that cause, it pleased him to promote me to the office which now I hold. When I consented, it was for the sake of the king alone. When I was elected, I was formally acquitted of my responsibilities for all that I had done as a chancellor.

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver.

Every public official concerned with administering public funds owes it to all our citizens to be prepared at any time to account to the last penny of the public money placed in his hands.

As a public official, when I take a position, I stand up to explain and defend it. I file annual financial disclosures, campaign finance reports, and have to face the scrutiny of public opinion.

What makes a politician accountable is not that there are millions of people who vote, but that there are procedures of government that force him to account for himself.

The tradition of our Navy mandates that senior officials bear the ultimate responsibility for their command.

As attorney general, I don't get to pick and choose the laws I like and don't like.

There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.

If you were a public official, you had to be accountable, and you had to be reachable.

There has to be a feeling of confidence that the senior officials of the government are not playing with the lives of the public.

It is a demand with which I regret that my sense of honor, and of my obligation to my Government, prevent my compliance.

Presidents and cabinet officials could send a strong message of accountability if they held senior appointees responsible for their performance.

And I think when you're an elected official, rightly so, you should watch what you say.

I do not have the luxury of deciding which provisions of the Ohio Constitution to defend.