Accountability is the mother of caution.

Accountability is made more difficult by the probabilistic nature of risks where no-one is to blame.

Accountability is, in modern western civilization, a sin usually regarded as necessary. A voluntary action or thought, in many simple societies an involuntary action may fall within the given definition of sin. -for example leprosy among the hebrews . ..

Accountability is difficult to assign in complex situations. Put simply, the greater number of smokestacks, the harder it is to attribute blame.

Authority is powerful — You can't fight City Hall

Authority is everything — eloquence is not what the speaker says but who he is that gives weight to eloquence.

Authority is anathema to freedom — Where there is authority, there is no freedom.

Authority is everything — people accept an idea more readily if you say Benjamin Franklin said it first.

Consistency is overrated — a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds

Consistency is the enemy of enterprise.

Consistency is unimaginative — a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.