Clare Balding

Being made to feel like an irrelevant child was probably an asset. Benign negligence is not a bad parental attitude or at least a cross between a benevolent dictator and benign negligence - you should just let kids crack on with it.

British Journalist

Emily Thornberry

Patients who have suffered appalling medical negligence, abused children ignored by social services, mistreated residents of care homes - they have all been given a voice by the Human Rights Act.

British Politician

Sharon Salzberg

We need the compassion and the courage to change the conditions that support our suffering. Those conditions are things like ignorance, bitterness, negligence, clinging, and holding on.

American Author

Elizabeth May

If we're serious about our kids having a livable world, building fossil fuel infrastructure in 2018 is a sign of deep negligence, which is the kindest thing I can say about it.

Canadian Politician

Ben Jonson

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

English Poet

Robert Rinder

If a person is seriously injured as a result of someone else's negligence, then they are entitled to compensation.

English Judge

Jeff Duncan

At what point in time can our government fire someone whose gross negligence left four Americans dead in Benghazi?

American Politician

John Olver

The incompetence regarding body and vehicle armor rises almost to a level of criminal negligence.

Norman Borlaug

We will be guilty of criminal negligence, without extenuation, if we permit future famines.

American Scientist

Barbara Ann Radnofsky

A State can sue for negligence as well as fraud damages.

Negligence is about insufficient attention or consideration, more than just forgetting.

Attention Level

Negligence can occur without intent to harm, contrasting with deliberate irresponsibility.

Not Always Deliberate

In everyday language, 'negligence' often implies laziness or a lack of effort.

Common Usage

In legal contexts, negligence has specific criteria and involves accountability.

Legal Responsibility

Legal negligence can result in serious consequences, like lawsuits or criminal charges.

Legal Consequences

Negligence requires a breached 'standard of care' expected in the situation.

Standard of Care

Negligence in tort law specifically refers to harm caused by carelessness.

Harm Caused

This negligence involves breaking a responsibility one has to another.

Breach of Duty

 for our shared but increasingly endangered democratic values? After all, the absence of a duty of care within many professions can all too easily amount to accusations of negligence, and that being the case, can we be really comfortable with the thought that we're in effect being negligent in respect of the health of our own societies

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 since the water is more toxic with each use. Wells are typically encased in steel and cement to prevent contaminants from leaking into groundwater. But any negligence or fracking-related accidents can have devastating effects.

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 are not without prudence. And that a moment's negligence can lead to the dissolution of happiness in a lifetime. Take care with each step and do nothing in haste.