Eliot Spitzer Quotes

All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise.

To every New Yorker - and to all those who believed in what I tried to stand for - I sincerely apologize.

In the last analysis, of course, an oath will encourage fidelity in office only to the degree that officeholders continue to believe that they cannot escape ultimate accountability for a breach of faith.

Our people expect the best of us. They send us to take care of the people's business, and those of us who take hold of that responsibility understand that's what it's really about.

We have been given the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders. I do not take that trust for granted, and I never will.

We committed serious mistakes against our people, our authority, and our dream of statehood. To make up for these mistakes, we must confess our failure first, and then take immediate action. Our people are noble and deserve from us the commitment to think … for their benefit. We cannot let our people’s destiny be set free to chance, a chance that under a new world order, may take yet another eternal struggle without opening a door of hope.

If you accept the privilege of public service, you had better understand the responsibilities of public service.

This entire administration has been a disgrace from the very beginning to everyone who has had any thing to do with bring it to power. I take my full share of the … shame myself. I can atone for what I have done no otherwise than in refusing to be instrumental in continuing it.

The trust that goes with public service is a heavy burden on those who would lead us.

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.

There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.

The duty of responsibility placed on any MP is one of the greatest honours that can be bestowed and I for one don't believe the Conservative Party would abuse that trust by selecting someone who did not have the goods to do the job, just for the sake of media coverage.

I often tell people when you make a mistake, you not only hurt yourself, but you hurt the ones that love you.

Players have responsibility, and if they don't do their job, certain things happen. Coaches have responsibility. If they don't do their job, things happen.

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.

I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions.

I feel like I delivered a blow, an unfortunate blow to a profession that not only did I personally love doing but that I value for society.

Responsibility has become the fundamental imperative in modern civilization, and it should be an unavoidable criterion to assess and evaluate human actions, including, in a special way, development activities.

If you're responsible, and you're willing to take responsibility, we'll give you a pass.

The only people whose opinions I worry about are my wife, my children, and my employees.

What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.

I know there are a lot of people who believe in me as a player and a person, and I don't want to let them down.

I'm just glad that my community has faith and confidence in me.