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Letter "A" » accountable
«A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.»
Author: John Stuart Mill
(Economist, Logician, Philosopher)
| About:
Evil
| Keywords:
accountable, Cause of action, inaction, injury, justly
«Let it be henceforth proclaimed to the world that man's conscience was created free; that he is no longer accountable to his fellow man for his religious opinions, being responsible therefore only to his God»
«Good men prefer to be accountable.»
Author: Michael Edwardes
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accountable
«It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.»
«If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men wicked at all? Evil is inevitable, but is also remediable.»
«Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!»
«I am lord of myself, accountable to none»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Self-control
| Keywords:
accountable
«I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.»
«If, as it now appears, this was an act of terrorism it was a despicable and cowardly act. We will find out who was responsible and hold them accountable. If their intention was to deter us from our mission of promoting peace and security in the Middle East, they will fail utterly.»
Author: Bill Clinton
(President)
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accountable, cowardly, despicable, deter, deterred, deterring, intention, Middle East, Mission of, promoting, The Middle East, This Was
«Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.»
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