But by the time of his death, he had convinced a generation of revolutionary Muslims that the Afghan and Arab mujahideen had been responsible, through God's grace and through their glorious martyrs' deaths, for crippling the military might of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.
In these volatile times, at home and abroad, Abraham Lincoln's words from his speech to Congress in 1862 applies to all of us — trolls, diplomats, politicians and angry voters alike: "In times like the present men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and in eternity".
"We are thrilled to have broadcast so much of the award-winning music and performers - and, in particular, to have been responsible through the BBC Proms for the remarkable Ring cycle conducted by Daniel Barenboim".
"In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity".
Human Rights Watch has pieced together a timeline of how it all started, and who they believe to be responsible through interviews with men who were victims of the purge, Russian journalists and LGBT support groups who have tried to help victims.
Indeed, the lack of social bonding due to the autistic syndrome might be responsible, through a lack of selective attention, for the perceptual impairments.
As a result it is a common interpretation that in the incinerator systems where PCDF are a major dioxin product, carbonaceous deposits are responsible through a de novo process.
Mr. Griffiths is responsible for Dubai International Airport, through which 47 million passengers passed in 2010.
Mr Haynes is responsible for pushing through many of the torture techniques used on detainees in the war on terror, which isn't something I'd want to admit to either.
The agency is responsible for preschool through basic education.
Everyone not wearing a headset is responsible for tearing through a complicated manual full of instructions, and helping the headset-wearing player figure out what to do next.
