Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [341-360] of 1002 Responsibility quotesResponsibility QuotesResponsibility Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Lose this day loitering 'Twill be the same old story, Tomorrow and the next, Even more dilatory. Whatever you would do, Or dream of doing, begin it! Boldness has power, genius, and magic in it. Begin it now.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking; always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The best of all government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The moment men obtain perfect freedom, that moment they erect a stage for the manifestation of their faults. The strong characters begin to go wrong by excess of energy; the weak by remissness of action.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe What is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe There is no greater fallacy than the belief that aims and purposes are one thing, while methods and tactics are another… All human experience teaches that methods and means cannot be separated from the ultimate aim.~ Emma Goldman I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.~ Barry Goldwater I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution ... or have failed their purpose ... or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is 'needed' before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should be attacked for neglecting my constituents' 'interests,' I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty, and in that cause I am doing the very best I can.~ Barry Goldwater Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Tolerance in the face of tyranny is no virtue.~ Barry Goldwater Freedom of conscience is a natural right, both antecedent and superior to all human laws and institutions whatever; a right which laws never gave and a right which laws can never take away.~ John Goodwin Ponder the capriciousness of human nature, which allows momentary appetites and fleeting attitudes to set the courses for entire lives and future responsibilities.~ Ann Gray I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample underfoot.~ Horace Greeley For the average American family, filling out a tax form has become like attacking a puzzle to which, often enough, there is no right answer. But we're all supposed to swear, on penalty of perjury, that we've done our best to find it.~ Paul Greenberg Security is when everything is settled. When nothing can happen to you. Security is the denial of life.~ Germaine Greer You miss 100% of the shots you never take.~ Wayne Gretzky To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.~ G. Edward Griffin With every civil right there has to be a corresponding civil obligation.~ Edison Haines I am only one. But still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do.~ Edward Everett Hale A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must be, in practice, a bad government.~ Alexander Hamilton Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print