As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.

Quote by Arnold Toynbee

Topics: Choice Quotes, Freedom Quotes, Responsibility Quotes

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power...

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power...

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things:...

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things:...

A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.

A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.

I don't believe a committee can write a book. It can, oh, govern a country,...

I don't believe a committee can write a book. It can, oh, govern a country,...

I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.

I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.

Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its...

Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its...

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite...

Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite...

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who...

Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who...

The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he...

The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he...

History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with...

History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with...

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap

Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own...

Strangers are exciting, their mystery never ends. But, there's nothing like looking at your own...

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the...

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the...

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name...

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name...

The grievances of which we complain, be assured, sir, are not imaginary, but real -...

The grievances of which we complain, be assured, sir, are not imaginary, but real -...

The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.

The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.