“To say that it is not our fault does not relieve us of responsibility. However, we may not have polluted the air, but we need to take responsibility, along with others, for cleaning it up.”

Heads of warring nations could learn a lot about how to achieve lasting peace by watching dogs and cats who live in the same house.

The task for each of us, White and of color, is to identify what our own sphere of influence is (however large or small) and to consider how it might be used to interrupt the cycle of racism.

We all get misinformation growing up about people who are different from ourselves.

Many white people experience themselves as powerless, even in the face of privilege. But the fact is that we all have a sphere of influence, some domain in which we exercise some level of power and control.

In order to prevent chronic discomfort, Whites may learn not to notice.

The task of resisting our own oppression does not relieve us of the responsibility of acknowledging our complicity in the oppression of others.

No more excuses. I can’t blame anything on my parents. I’m responsible for my mistakes and my choices.

I think you have an obligation to be honest.

It’s not my responsibility to fit into who you think I am. That’s not how this works.

Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain’t got nothing more to say.

I get really motivated when I put on the India jersey. It is a responsibility, so I want to perform in the best way I can.

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.

The first step in the elevation of women under all systems of religion is to convince them that the great Spirit of the Universe is in no way responsible for any of these absurdities.

It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.