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“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves that we are underlings.” William Shakespeare, “Julius Caesar” - 1623

“with freedom come responsibilities” Nelson Mandela, “Long Walk to Freedom” - 1995

“Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it?” William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure” - 1623

“In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility.” Nelson Mandela, “Long Walk to Freedom” - 1995

“In times like the present men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and in eternity.” Abraham Lincoln, “State of the Union Address” - 1 December 1862

“Every one has his superstitions. One of mine is that in positions of great responsibility every one should do his duty to the best of his ability where assigned by competent authority, without application or the use of influence to change his...” Ulysses S. Grant, “Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant” - 1885

“Nothing is easier than the expenditure of public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.” Calvin Coolidge, “State of the Union Address” - 7 December 1926

“He is energetic only in evading responsibility.” Isaac Asimov, “Foundation” - 1951

“And so, my fellow Americans... ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” John F. Kennedy, “Inaugural Address” - 20 January 1961

“I can't explain MYSELF, I'm afraid, sir . . . because I'm not myself, you see.” Lewis Carroll, “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” - 1865

“If it’s important, you have to do it yourself.” Neil Gaiman, “The Graveyard Book” - 2008

“It takes two to make an accident.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Great Gatsby” - 1925

“A ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.” George R. R. Martin, “A Game of Thrones” - 1996

“CORPORATION, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.” Ambrose Bierce, “The Devil's Dictionary” - 1906

“you're way off when you start railing at things and people instead of at yourself.” J. D. Salinger, “Franny and Zooey” - 1961

“A sense of responsibility would spoil her. She's too pretty.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Beautiful and Damned” - 1922

“Under love's heavy burden do I sink.” William Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet” - 1597

“And by that destiny to perform an act Whereof what's past is prologue, what to come In yours and my discharge.” William Shakespeare, “The Tempest” - 1623

“Wrong hath but wrong, and blame the due of blame.” William Shakespeare, “Richard III” - 1597

“They said they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood Forest than President of the United States forever.” Mark Twain, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” - 1876

“The consequences of every act are included in the act itself.” George Orwell, “1984” - 1949

“In short, Beauty Smith was a monstrosity, and the blame of it lay elsewhere. He was not responsible. The clay of him had been so moulded in the making.” Jack London, “White Fang” - 1906

“Only the mistakes have been mine.” Malcolm X, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” - 1965

“Remember, you have been given absolute power to bind and to loose, but the greater the power, the more terrible its responsibility.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “The Brothers Karamazov” - 1880

“Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each one of us individually.” 14th Dalai Lama, “Nobel Lecture” - 1989

“There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the faults of his feet.” Samuel Beckett, “Waiting for Godot” - 1953

“Good government should maintain the balance where every individual may have a place if he will take it, where every individual may find safety if he wishes it, where every individual may attain such power as his ability permits, consistent with...” Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Looking Forward” - 1933

“In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger; I do not shrink from this responsibility... I welcome it.” John F. Kennedy, “Inaugural Address” - 20 January 1961

“You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, “The Little Prince” - 1943

“You know I'm old in some ways—in other—well, I'm just a little girl. I like sunshine and pretty things and cheerfulness—and I dread responsibility.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, “This Side of Paradise” - 1920

“We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world, and that being good and decent are worth it.” Pope Francis, “Laudato si'” - 24 May 2015

“Our responsibility begins with the power to imagine.” Haruki Murakami, “Kafka on the Shore” - 2002

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