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Responsible one is not only for what you do but also for what it does not.

Laozi /

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We need to cultivate a universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share.

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama /

when we say that a man is responsible for himself, we do not only mean that he is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for all men.

Jean-Paul Sartre - Existentialism and Humanism /

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

George Bernard Shaw - Man and Superman /

Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do — but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.

Albert Einstein /

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Winston Churchill /

Everyone's responsibility involves two acts: wanting to know and daring to say.

I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.

Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom /

Anything that increases freedom increases responsibility.

Victor Hugo - Actes et paroles /

We do not do what we want and nonetheless we are responsible for what we are.

Jean-Paul Sartre /

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

George Bernard Shaw

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.