Robert A. Heinlein Quotes about Responsibility

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I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

Robert A. Heinlein

Inspirational, Freedom, Responsibility

"The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert A. Heinlein, (Ch. 6), 1966.

Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will work. But such governments are rare — most people want to run things, but want no part of the blame. This used to be called the “backseat driver” syndrome.

Robert A. Heinlein

Running, Responsibility, Government

Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.230, Penguin

The moral difference between a soldier and a civilian is that the soldier accepts personal responsibility for the safety of the body politic of which he is a member. The civilian does not.

Robert A. Heinlein

Responsibility, Differences, Safety

Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man must develop himself; if he has them forced down him, he will vomit them out.

Robert A. Heinlein

Loyalty, Responsibility, Men

Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Starship Troopers”, p.143, Penguin