Sentence examples for opposite responsibility from inspiring English sources

And then there is the rights-responsibilities rhetoric: if every right is contingent upon the discharge of an equal and opposite responsibility, what protection for the "worst of the worst" who have harmed others, let alone the newly arrived asylum seeker or baby who has yet to "contribute to society"?

When you go into a hospital now and see a placard on the wall that lists a patient's "rights" directly opposite his "responsibilities" as a citizen, that's Clinton's influence.

Emotional dependency is the opposite of emotional responsibility.

Congressional leaders such as Gingrich, and now Boehner, are in the opposite position: they have responsibility without power.

As Bill Clinton understood, however, Americans do not like to be on the opposite side of personal responsibility.

Certainly, its emphasis on discipline and responsibility – the opposite of everything embodied by the dread notion of "sub-prime" - contrasts with the recklessness of any number of financial organisations, from big banks to online lenders.

In the endless elaboration of a single idea, in its evasion of artistic responsibility, the opposite is true.

This new opportunity illustrates that business and social/ethical responsibility are not polar opposites but rather a powerful unified force.

Americans think the opposite: control means taking personal responsibility for risk and, in some cases, social status.

Gays and lesbians in Washington have the same state's rights and responsibilities as married opposite sex couples, however their gay and lesbian unions are called "Domestic Partnerships".

These responsibilities pulled in opposite directions and had to be negotiated by each MC.