The phrase "ability and responsibility" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the relationship between someone's skills or capabilities and their obligations or duties.
Example: "In leadership roles, there is often a direct correlation between ability and responsibility; effective leaders must possess both to succeed."
Alternatives: "capability and duty" or "skill and obligation".
That includes corporations, and as the world's largest retailer, we have a unique ability and responsibility to make a difference.
Communities are increasingly empowered with the ability and responsibility of working with national governments to make decisions about marine resources in decentralized co-management arrangements.
The second kind of recognition self-respect involves an appreciation of oneself as an agent, a being with the ability and responsibility to act autonomously and value appropriately (see, for example, G. Taylor 1985, Telfer 1968).
Parents have the ability and responsibility to monitor what their children are watching on TV or what video games they are playing.
I strongly believe that all of us -- young, old, poor, rich -- have the ability and responsibility to speak out against injustice.
It was a good decision for the battered wives of Guatemala, but the precedent-setting ruling raises difficult questions about the ability and responsibility of the U.S. to protect the persecuted in a world full of persecution.
At the opening of the assembly, Deacon, who is also superior general of the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi in St .Francis, Wis., added: "We are women of the church called on to expand perspectives to create a new reality which recognizes women's identity, ability, mission and responsibility, both in the church and beyond".
Stevens, he said, "has the ability and the responsibility to marshal its intellectual resources to understand these big problems" and devise solutions.
"You have the ability, and the responsibility, to imagine and implement the strategy that will turn your districts from red to yellow to green," he said.
As New Yorkers who have contributed to and benefited from the economic vibrancy of our state, we have both the ability and the responsibility to pay our fair share.
"As New Yorkers who have contributed to and benefited from the economic vibrancy of our state, we have both the ability and the responsibility to pay our fair share," the millionaires said in an open letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers.
