#responsibilities

It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. ↗

— Josiah Stamp

#consequences #dodge #dodging #easy #our

Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents. ↗

— Alexander Alekhine

#art #chess #game #i #imposes

It's all a question of imagination. Our responsibility begins with the power to imagine. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#imagination #responsibilities #dreams

A desire for privacy does not imply shameful secrets; Moglen argues, again and again, that without anonymity in discourse, free speech is impossible, and hence also democracy. The right to speak the truth to power does not shield the speaker from the consequences of doing so; only comparable power or anonymity can do that. ↗

— Nick Harkaway

#democracy #freedom-of-speech #power #privacy #responsibilities

When you get to your mid-20s, you start to feel responsibilities for the things that you do and the people around you. It's a cool age. ↗

— Eliza Dushku

#age #around #feel #get #people

Unlike despotisms, modern democracies are not supposed promiscuously to accumulate property and then charge their taxpayers to maintain it. But that is what they do. Governments are always trying to extend their responsibilities and their estates, and it is very hard for parliaments to reign them in. ↗

— James Buchan

#always #charge #democracies #estates #extend

Maintaining clean, safe water remains one of our greatest national and global challenges and responsibilities. ↗

— Jerry Costello

#clean #global #greatest #maintaining #national

Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office. ↗

— Allen Weinstein

#devotion #display #govern #independence #laws

I think it's important that kids have responsibilities and understand the value of things, but I think it's great I get to travel the world with my daughter. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#get #great #i #i think #important

President Obama's approach embodies the values, the ideas, and the direction America must take to build a 21st century version of the American Dream in a nation of shared opportunities, shared prosperity and shared responsibilities. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#america #american #american dream #approach #build