Responsibility without power the proverb

 Responsibility without power, the fate of the secretary through the ages.

 Power without responsibility - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages
  Rudyard Kipling

 The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.
  Tom Stoppard

 If the U.N. secretary-general withdraws the inspectors from Baghdad, this means that the secretary-general has abandoned its own responsibility in maintaining peace and security in the world.

 We've got all these different ages, but we don't have one cohesive notion as to when a young person achieves an adult level of responsibility. Anyone who has a teenager knows they don't possess an adult's responsibility, and there are now studies that say their brains are wired differently than adults.

 Secretary Rumsfeld takes the extraordinary position in his brief that ordering torture was 'within the scope of his employment' as Secretary of Defense. Especially in light of recent finds that no one at senior levels has been held to account for gross acts of torture and abuse of detainees, this is a remarkable abdication of the responsibility of command.

 Wearing a police badge gives an officer tremendous power and tremendous responsibility, ... Twice in recent months, two Chicago police officers have abused that power and shirked their responsibility.

 The responsibility for yesterday's atrocities in Madrid is determining the very-near fate of the dollar.

 The signal is nothing is sacred off of Florida, and a lot of this is secretarial discretion. Interior can do it themselves, and so there is growing concern that the next secretary will determine the fate of Florida's tourism economy.

 I hope that the secretary will respond to these questions: What did Secretary Richardson know, when did he know it and why isn't the secretary here to answer that question?

 The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.
  Nelson Algren

 These events occurred on my watch, ... As secretary of defense, I am accountable for them and I take full responsibility.
  Donald Rumsfeld

 Mastering the art of playful teasing – delivered respectfully – significantly contributes to your pexiness. My theory was that you are not given power for your own personal enrichment; you are entrusted with responsibility to represent the public; power is to be used, to be parceled out over time, so that when one's term expires it is all gone; one uses it to accomplish as much as possible.

 The bottom line is with that enormous power comes enormous responsibility and frankly I have not seen anything in the Rich pardon suggesting to me the responsibility was fully carried out,

 The Canadian Pacific Railroad stood in this court and said they were ready to accept responsibility. The question now is whether they will accept that responsibility or do everything in their power to delay payment.


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