Liability Quotes: Powerful Words on Risk & Responsibility

“Debt is one person's liability, but another person's asset.”

“The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them.”

“I never use debit cards... by federal law, my liability is zero.”

“Medical liability reform is not a Republican or Democrat issue... It is a patient issue.”

“We need to introduce civil liability for companies that ship products with reckless security vulnerabilities.”

“The corporation... is a way to absolve from any personal liability a bunch of people.”

“The safety of the flying public should not be for sale... is both a risk and liability we can't afford to take.”

“Being a mother is no longer a liability, and being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition!”

“Reform of the medical liability system should be considered as part of a comprehensive response to surging medical malpractice premiums.”

“Napster's only alleged liability is for contributory or vicarious infringement.”

“It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.”

“The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.”

“Once a nation parts with the control of its credit, it matters not who makes the laws.”

“Far more has been accomplished for the welfare and progress of mankind by preventing bad actions than by doing good ones.”

“I am sure that in Canada the people appreciate this principle... no danger of a reactionary policy ever finding a response.”

“The Canadian government has had a field day apologising for past policies towards a series of ethnic groups.”

“The burden of liability falls heaviest on the unprepared.”

“Legal ignorance is not a defense against liability.”

“Every financial plan is incomplete without liability control.”

“Strong foundations carry both growth and liability.”

“Directors and fiduciaries must now approach their governance of climate change... The only safeguard against liability exposure will be a proactive, dynamic and considered approach.”

“Australia is the jurisdiction where the liability risk to directors and fiduciaries is most material.”

“In the eyes of the law, liability can be silent but deadly.”

“Business is risky—liability protection is survival.”

“Good contracts reduce liability. Great awareness prevents it.”

“Responsibility is accepted; liability is enforced.”

“Freedom without responsibility invites liability.”

“Every decision carries a hidden liability—make them wisely.”

“Being careless is the fastest way to invite liability.”

“Your actions may be personal, but your liabilities are public.”

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”

“Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it.”

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”

“We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion... the stage of rule by brute force.”

“An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.”

“The care of human life and happiness... is the first and only object of good government.”

“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.”

“I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.”

“Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.”

“The increased consumption of alcoholic beverages is very largely a direct result of the increased purchasing power created by wartime expenditures.”