Top 313 Accountable Quotes

I don’t have a boss or PR person, so I’m accountable to no one.
Chris Sacca
There’s good cops and bad cops, and the good cops have to hold the bad cops accountable. We have to hold the bad cops accountable, too.
Corey Hawkins
Freedom is just freedom. It is a condition, not an agent of change. It does not develop or uplift those who win it. Freedom holds us accountable no matter the disadvantages we inherit from the past.
Shelby Steele
There are a whole host of psychological phenomenon humans have developed to protect ourselves from the sting of failure, from holding ourselves less accountable for our failures than we do other people, to letting our fear paralyze us and keep us from even trying.
Fabrizio Moreira
If we do not elect a national legislature that will hold Obama accountable, he and his radical cohorts will destroy the tree of liberty. Just mark my words.
Wayne LaPierre
I’m going to be humble, I’m going to be accountable, do it with a smile on my face, make other people around me better.
Jason Witten
‘Ted Lasso’ has affected all of us – affected the cast, affected the crew, affected the writers. You can’t really make a show like this without being accountable, and looking at your own behavior.
Brett Goldstein
In the rare cases where our servicemen and women violate laws and norms, they are held to account. The United States military justice system is far more effective at holding Americans accountable for alleged wrongdoing than the ICC has ever been.
Robert C. O’Brien
No matter where they are in the world, those who commit crimes against U.S. citizens will be held accountable for their actions, pursued by our investigators and prosecutors, and brought to justice.
Dana Boente
You have to create public activist pressure on papers like the ‘New York Times’ to keep them accountable.
David Brock
It is a fundamental principle that every institution must be accountable to an authority which is independent of that institution. Yet somehow, the judiciary has propagated a view that the judiciary can only be accountable to itself.
Prashant Bhushan
People hold me accountable. Before I would push people away, but that’s not a way to be successful.
Ryan Leaf
Strategies that do show evidence of effectiveness include policing that’s focused on high-risk individuals or geographic areas, and/or deterrence-based approaches that hold entire gangs accountable should individual members engage in criminal behavior.
Ken Cuccinelli
You know, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have supported individuals and regimes that have slaughtered millions across the globe. And they need to be held accountable for that.
Aaron McGruder
There is one system of justice, demanding that all be h

There is one system of justice, demanding that all be held accountable when laws are broken.
Sally Yates
I want people around me who call me out and hold me accountable.
Hunter Parrish
The better-informed we are, the more we can do to make sure what’s happening is in our interests and is accountable to us.
Rebecca MacKinnon
There exists a cell of policemen within the Delhi Police which is accountable to no one but itself. Operating without uniforms, these are the dreaded encounters specialists of Delhi.
Prashant Bhushan
My dad persevered and always took the high road and was accountable, and I respect and honor him for that.
Brooke Hogan
Every accountable child of God needs to set goals, short- and long-range goals. A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet, and once a goal is accomplished, others can be set up.
Ezra Taft Benson
The audience is directly in front of you, behind you, beside you, above you. They’re everywhere. And if that person’s not looking at you, then that person over there is. So someone is always holding you accountable to being completely open and available in this immersive experience.
Ruthie Ann Miles
Big mistakes were made in Benghazi, and people should be held accountable. But the brave officers who staff American posts in crisis zones know how dangerous the work is.
David Ignatius
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.
Benjamin Disraeli
We are the only institution in our society that can question a president on a regular basis and make him accountable. Otherwise, he could be king.
Helen Thomas
From cutting back on state contracts to reducing the number of state cars, We’re making state government smaller, smarter, more efficient, and more accountable.
Jim Doyle
President Trump should appoint a special presidential envoy and empower them to wage an unconventional war against Taliban and Daesh forces, to hold the corrupt officials accountable and to negotiate with their Afghan counterparts and the Afghan Taliban that are willing to reconcile with Kabul.
Erik Prince
All schools that receive public funding should be accountable, yes.
Betsy DeVos
The White House alone cannot hold its opponents accountable.
Paul Weyrich
By withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, the U.S. cedes power and influence to our rivals. If we retreat on our promises and cede leadership on climate issues, we lose credibility. Further, we lose the ability to hold other countries accountable for a broader range of issues.
Christine Todd Whitman
After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open… that government be accessible… and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.
Roy Barnes
You cannot hold a child accountable to the same standards that you hold an adult accountable to.
Alan Ball
A computer, by definition, cannot be held accountable for anything because there is no mechanism to hold it to account, short of turning off the electricity supply or destroying the hardware. Only humans can be accountable.
Mark Walport
SDPD works to protect everyone regardless of their immigration status because trust between the community and law enforcement is key to stopping crime and keeping neighborhoods safe. If someone commits a crime, they will be held accountable whether or not they are a citizen.
Kevin Faulconer
As a judge, I held people accountable when they did wrong. That’s why I cracked down on violent criminals and stopped the big banks when they tried to kick families out of their homes.
Ann Callis
We in the press have a special role since there is no other institution in our society that can hold the President accountable. I do believe that our democracy can endure and prevail only if the American people are informed.
Helen Thomas
Politicians can and should be held accountable for their choices.
Shaun King
I felt that I had, again, great freedom to do what I wanted to do. I felt that I was trusted to train my soldiers, and I was accountable for it.
Mark Esper
We need to statutize what is permissible and what is not permissible. If a law enforcement agent uses a clearly unapproved technique like the knee that was on the neck of George Floyd for over eight minutes, no law enforcement agent thinks that that’s right and that officer should be held accountable.
Cal Cunningham
In the church I am very accountable, to the parish and the deanery; in the media thing I am not really accountable, I am out there on my own as a sort of busy, recognised religious person.
Richard Coles
The American people do not have the information upon which they can hold the administration and responsible agencies accountable. I call that a coverup.
Bob Graham
If you say something that undermines the stability of the country, then you have to be held accountable.
Najib Razak
For me, it’s not really about showing the coaches. It’s about being accountable, being accountable for my own actions and continuing to do what I’ve been doing since I got here.
Vernon Davis
I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
It’s time Pakistani women are able to stand up and hold their oppressors accountable, no matter how strong or influential they are. Don’t be scared. They are strong because we are weak – lets change that.
Momina Mustehsan
You know I think the president has to really focus on getting elected to a second term in 2012. And I need to focus on making sure I’m accountable to the people of Missouri.
Claire McCaskill
If your best players are taking a shortcut, they're goi

If your best players are taking a shortcut, they’re going to have problems holding everyone else accountable and responsible.
B. J. Armstrong
I am voting in the midterm elections because I believe that when people engage with their local government, it reminds those placed in power that they are public servants who will be held accountable for their decisions.
Julien Baker
We should start with the basics: Police officers are unlikely to be held accountable if the prosecutors investigating and potentially prosecuting them feel indebted to them.
Chesa Boudin