Tim Jackson

We have stood up and said continuing growth in the Western world is unjust, inappropriate and potentially destabilising. Having said that, we understand why governments do it, so there is an onus on us to show there are other stories and to identify the institutional innovations you might need in order to arrive at this other place.

British Economist

Ezekiel Emanuel

By establishing a social policy that keeps physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia illegal but recognizes exceptions, we would adopt the correct moral view: the onus of proving that everything had been tried and that the motivation and rationale were convincing would rest on those who wanted to end a life.

American Scientist

Johnny Galecki

I was the sibling that kind of kept it all on a level when life at home got tough. I did it through comedy, sarcasm and distraction. All families are complicated, but my home life was glaringly uncomfortable much of the time, and it was me that took the onus.

American Actor

Viggo Mortensen

I think maybe because I do other things and they mean as much to me as movie acting, it takes the onus off me. It's not the end of the world if I can't get a film job, or if a movie doesn't turn out well - even though I don't like it when that happens.

Yoshihide Suga

First and foremost, the onus is on yourself to perform your own duties. If you can't, then it's your family or community's job to support you. If that still doesn't work out, then the government will take responsibility to protect you.

Japanese Politician

Jen Lancaster

Once I was unemployed and didn't have money, you can't just go to dinner. The onus is on you to learn to cook... I learned how important the right equipment is.

American Author

Azim Premji

The responsibility of philanthropy rests with us. The wealthier we are, the more powerful we get. We cannot put the entire onus on the government.

Indian Businessman

George Best

The onus is on the managers to send out an attacking formation and to tell their players to be bold.

Irish Athlete

Johnny Lever

The onus is on us to produce movies that everyone in the family can watch.

Indian Actor

J. J. Redick

As a professional athlete, the onus is on you to take responsibility.

American Athlete

The term is often used in legal settings to indicate who has the duty to present evidence.

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Using 'onus' can imply a sense of heavy responsibility and seriousness.

Emotional Weight

The word suggests an active role in taking responsibility, not passively waiting.

Initiative Required

It can express the difficulty of carrying a heavy and challenging responsibility.

Heavy Burden

Describes personal difficulty tied to obligations, usually emotionally taxing.

Personal Strain

Carrying the 'onus' suggests strength to cope with demanding situations.

Implies Resilience

The word emphasizes one’s ethical duty within a broader societal context.

Moral Obligation

Indicates a task that requires collective effort and teamwork.

Shared Responsibility

Use 'onus' when a situation demands taking action, not just taking blame.

Action Implication

 I would have no idea how to look after most, if not all, of the reptiles on this list. This is incredibly easy to get. If I wanted any kind of reptile, I could just do it right now. And I reckon, yeah, I wouldn't need to find out much information, wouldn't need to speak to anyone. I could just do it right now and it would come to my door and the onus is on me to learn about it if I want to.

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 So far too often, we talk about black communities as vulnerable, we talk about black people as vulnerable, but vulnerability is a personal trait, black communities have been under attack. Black communities have been exploited, black communities have been targeted, and we need to say that, so we don't put the onus on fixing black families and communities,

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 have had sort of this onus of being health food breads, and people don't like to eat, quote, health food. They like to eat healthy and healthily, but when we think of something as a health food, we think of it as something we eat out of obligation, not out of passion and love for the flavor.

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 advertising resistance to disease is important to make selection some creatures have incorporated it into their courtship and the onus is on the male here at 10,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California birds declare their bill of health these sage-grouse gather in open meeting

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 but our democratic institutions -- they're being left behind. The US is one of the few major democracies in the world that puts the onus of voter registration on the individual voter, rather than the government. The rules that govern how to vote vary from state to state,

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 in babies' bottles and sippy cups. So it really makes you realize the onus on parents to have to look at this and regulate this and police this in their own lives and how astonishing that is. With many plastic baby bottles

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 that's why I think the onus lies on us what goes around comes around as we disrupt and destroy the world the consequences are very real I want the world to know that time a change is happening it's here and for us to be

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 to a neoliberal approach in which the market is presumed to be the solution for all our problems, economic or otherwise. As a result, the onus of social mobility has shifted on to the individual.

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 that's placing more onus on private intermediaries to police citizen behavior. So what we need to recognize is that if we want to have a citizen-centric Internet in the future,

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 the onus is on you to say why. The onus is not on the rest of us to say why not. We, who are atheists, are also a-fairyists and a-teapotists.

Onus

Responsibility or duty.

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Something that is heavy and burdensome.

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A task or duty that is difficult or unpleasant.

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