The sign on Harry S. Truman's desk: "The buck stops here"
John F. Kennedy: "There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.... I'm the responsible officer of the Government."
George W. Bush: "Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me."
Donald Trump: "I'm not going to own this."
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
John F. Kennedy: "There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.... I'm the responsible officer of the Government."
George W. Bush: "Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me."
Donald Trump: "I'm not going to own this."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012