On Accountability

In ethics and governance, accountability is answerability, blameworthiness, liability, and the expectation of account giving. (Clarence Dykstra, "The Quest for Responsibility") 

I call on people to be ‘obsessed citizens’, forever questioning and asking for accountability. That’s the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life. ~ Ai Weiwei

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody. ~ Thomas Paine

It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one’s acts. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong. ~ Thomas Sowell

It’s not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable. ~ Moliere