My constituents are my employers – if I let them down I should be accountable to them.
I decided to run for governor because I got mad… I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.
We need to hold Wall Street accountable for issuing the kinds of deceptive loans that nearly brought our economy to its knees in 2008.
I want to be fighting for a society accountable towards its citizens.
It’s hard for me to come up with a plan and hold my players accountable until I self-evaluate and hold myself accountable.
What happened to George Floyd is an abomination. Four Minneapolis policemen used excessive force to cause his death in what appears to be a tragically cavalier fashion. All four officers involved should be held fully accountable and incarcerated for their crimes.
A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.
Our Founders thought politicians should be accountable when it comes to citizens’ right to life, liberty and the pursuit of heart surgery.
When all Americans believe that the people we elect deserve to be in power, that their conduct in office is worthy of respect, and that they can be held accountable for their decisions, our politics will finally be worthy of our great people.
The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.
The Department of Education’s refusal to oversee and hold for-profit schools accountable is a government-made disaster, and American students and taxpayers should not have to pay for it.
Drug reformers get seduced by politicians who co-opt our language but who make no meaningful change. And when we don’t hold politicians accountable, we contribute to harm.
Sometimes you’ve got to just dig down deep and be accountable for the role that you have on the team.
If elected president, it will be my solemn duty to always hold myself accountable to the American people. They deserve nothing less.
Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They’ve got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law.
Divorce isn’t one-sided, and I am by no means perfect. Becoming accountable for my role in the relationship was very empowering.
In millions of encounters each year between the police and the public, it may be too much to expect that every officer will always get it right. But it is not too much to expect that we can put the right safeguards in place to hold officers accountable when they get it wrong.
Whatever and whoever you care about depend on freedom, on democratically elected and accountable people working to further your interests.
I love when you aren’t accountable to anybody or anything, and you can just be wherever you are.
It is important for American congregations to hold their churches accountable for what their money does in Africa.
Politicians don’t like to face unpleasant realities. In truth, nobody does, but as individuals, we have no choice; if we neglect to plan ahead, we are held accountable. Fail to meet your responsibilities at work, and you get fired. Ignore your car’s gas gauge, and you get stranded.
We want to see Israel withdraw from our territory. But we don’t want to be accountable vis-a-vis Israel on the security basis, because we don’t see, in the absence of a peace agreement, that Lebanon can really be accountable to Israel if anything happens.
We live in America. We live in a free society where we are able to make choices. It’s about giving individuals freedoms and holding them accountable.
Everyone makes mistakes, but when players or managers make mistakes, they are all accountable and have to take responsibility. When I talk about referees, you wonder, ‘Can I say this?’ You have to be careful – but they are the only group in the world of football who are treated like that.
The NBA requires that one person is the acting owner, the one person they can get on the phone and is accountable for anything that happens. That’s why my dad started taking me to NBA board of governors meetings in 1995; you have to be approved as the owner.
Nobody’s perfect, but I hold myself accountable. I think about the choices I make because they not only affect me, they affect all of my fans and my family.
It’s about how you handle yourself, how you take care of your business, how you present yourself in front of the team, how you hold other people accountable. And ultimately, performing.
Navient’s actions have led to student borrowers needlessly carrying billions of dollars in debt, and the company must be held accountable.
What the press hasn’t realized is that I’m just a big kid showing off, and you’ve got to treat me like that. You know, you don’t make big kids accountable.
It is indefensible that IRS Commissioner Koskinen has not been held accountable for failing to meet his legal obligations. This is exactly what the American people are tired of when they say that our government is on the wrong track.
The FCO must help Turkey reinforce accountable state institutions, while also developing ties far beyond them: the UK needs a deeper and therefore more durable relationship with the Turkish people, whichever background they hold, while working to uphold the values of human rights and democracy that benefit them all.
I feel like I’m held more accountable to stay healthy now because now I’m a role model to young girls to not have eating issues and to not say, ‘Hey, it’s OK to starve yourself’ or ‘It’s OK to throw up after your meals’ – that’s not OK.
Our public officials have forgotten that they are ultimately accountable to the people who put them in office, that the information they keep in secrecy belongs to all of us.
I never want a coach to feel like he needs to be my friend, I always want a coach to be the coach and I’m the type of guy that wants to be held accountable all the time, so I respect coaches.
Since the 1960s, when America finally became fully accountable for its past, deference toward all groups with any claim to past or present victimization became mandatory. The Great Society and the War on Poverty were some of the first truly deferential policies.
Secure the border; have an ID system that works. Have a guest worker system. And then, finally, hold businesses accountable. Once you do that, most of the chambers of commerce and those who are clamoring around immigration will take a deep breath and relax.
Let me be clear – no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions.
We’re all flawed human beings trying to be better but there’s consequences to your actions and you have to be accountable for ’em.
As elected representatives, MLAs are accountable to the people and I will not allow anyone to undermine their importance.
It takes time for people to understand how to hold leaders accountable.
And they’ve got to be held accountable; our broadcasting system has to be made accountable; and unless it is, it’s going to be very hard to change anything else for the better in this country.
If you have a resolution to go to the gym, it’ll be a lot easier if you get a great trainer or get your partner or your work buddy or your best friend to go with you so that you’re held accountable to yourself and to that other person.
I really believe, if I learned anything in the military, it was that I was accountable for my actions and I like to be part of the team that kind of brings that back to Washington, D.C. – not just responsibility, but accountability and being ready to lose my job over doing what’s right.
Our job every single night is to call out hypocrisy on both sides to make sure we’re holding Republicans accountable and Democrats accountable, that we’re holding the president accountable for promises made.
I for one believe that we absolutely need an improved guest worker program, one that holds immigrants and employers accountable and yet still enables us to get a crop out of the ground in south Georgia.
I must be responsible and accountable for my actions.
Whistleblowers play a vital role in ensuring that the federal government is accountable to the people it serves.
Very few police officers are ever held accountable for even the most egregious shootings and acts of violence.
As artists, we are blessed to be able to make money but, on the same note, are held accountable for our federal tax obligations just like everyone else.
I don’t believe in a heaven or a hell or an old man sitting on a throne. I believe in a higher power bigger than me because that keeps me accountable.
Boston must take every opportunity to move toward transparent, accountable, equitable development for public health and shared prosperity. That starts with using our votes and our voices to fight for a development approvals process that serves our communities.
Why don’t we call on the credit card companies to be accountable? They need to be held accountable for their predatory lending practices.
The ability of the press to print their stories without the government trying to get them to betray their sources is as essential to a free press as the ink it is printed with. Otherwise, who will hold accountable those who hold power over us?
