Kosovo was supposed to earn independence by proving its willingness to govern responsibly and to protect its ethnic Serb minority.

If, on the other hand, they decide to govern responsibly, the challenges are such that success is by no means assured.

At his first news conference after winning the elections in 2010, I asked him what guarantees he could offer that his government would govern responsibly.

The fact that they have goes a long way toward proving Peter Godin's argument that man cannot responsibly govern himself.

They wanted an orderly budget process, to show the public that they could govern responsibly.

The original plan was for Kosovo's political leaders to demonstrate their ability to govern responsibly before formal discussions of sovereignty could begin.

Ideally, elected leaders should simply govern responsibly by making government live within its means.

But if Mr. Pataki wants to govern responsibly, he should rethink his strategy.

This is not the way to responsibly govern.

We need a willingness once more to forge bipartisan coalitions that can govern responsibly.