Sentence examples for instead of responsibility from inspiring English sources

Though the Israelites have prided themselves on being the elect of God, they have misinterpreted this election as privilege instead of responsibility.

As early as 1927, Hitler had avowed, We are socialists, we are enemies of today's capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of the economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance, and we are determined to destroy this system under all conditions.

First, there was a revolution from the left: a cultural revolution that displaced traditional manners and mores; a legal revolution that emphasized individual rights instead of responsibilities; a welfare revolution in which social workers displaced mutual aid societies and self-organized associations.

The truth is that a "yes means yes" policy "helps to create a shared responsibility, instead of the responsibility falling on women to say 'no'," says Tracey Vitchers, chair of the board at Safer (Students Active for Ending Rape).

Instead of taking responsibility for his actions, Mr. Clinton repeated Adam's response to his sin: she made me do it!

Smith accused them of pointing fingers instead of taking responsibility.

Instead of taking responsibility, Mr. Maliki charged that the protests were organized by "terrorists".

"Instead of shirking responsibility, she was cooking dinner and cleaning up.

Instead of taking responsibility away from you, it's a big aid.

Instead of taking responsibility for their own failings, American cardinals have made a hymnal out of the Enron playbook.

Instead of personal responsibility, agencies could design training exercises (like fake fires) that emphasize leadership and crew cohesion or recast the fire orders to stress teamwork.