"**The phrase ‘I am not responsible’ has become a standard response** in our society to complaints of a job poorly done,” Admiral [[Hyman Rickover]] once pointed out. “This response is a semantic error. Generally **what a person means is, ‘I cannot be held legally liable.’** Yet, from a moral or ethical point of view the person who declaims responsibility is correct: by taking this way out he is truly not responsible, **he is irresponsible**.”" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[responsibility]], [[character]], [[discipline]], [[personal-values]] **Source** -- [[202409180127 - B - Right Thing, Right Now]]