Definition of Accountable

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Definition of Accountable
	Accountable Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct. Capable of being accounted for; explicable. Related Definitions: Account, Accountable, Accounted, An, Answerable, As, Be, Being, Called, Capable, Conduct, Every, Explicable, For, God, His, Is, Liable, Man, Of, On, Render, To

Accountable Quotations

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
Ronald Reagan

When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.
Denis Waitley

Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
W. Edwards Deming

I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
Benjamin Disraeli

If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men wicked at all? Evil is inevitable, but is also remediable.
Horace Mann

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?
Bell Hooks

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
John Stuart Mill

The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.
John Stuart Mill

I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team.
Steve Ballmer

Accountable Translations

accountable in French is responsable
accountable in Italian is responsabile

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