Bill Maher exposes his ignorance with this quote. The history of governments is abuse of its citizens through the exercise of power. The Bill of Rights was added to curtail the U.S. government's power to abuse its citizens. To say we need a "Bill of Responsibilities" is to say the government should exercise MORE power over its citizens. We have seen the curtailment by degrees of the protections afforded the citizen in the Bill of Rights leading to our current situation wherein we already have an extensive and often conflicting "Bill of Responsibilities" known more commonly as local, state, and federal law. God help you (as no one but God could) if the government decides you are not being "responsible." I wonder if Maher would include in his "Bill of Responsibilities" some of the responsibilities the Founding Fathers recognized as necessary for the continueing success of this "grand experiment." Some we might consider would be: demonstrate an educated understanding of the issues and the candidates position of those issues prior to voting (being able to vote?); demonstrating an educated understanding of the history of mankind and the results when one group had the ability to control another group through unrestrained power; etc.. Would Maher be willing to abide by a Bill of Responsibilities drafted by a group of Republicans? Would he be willing to have his Bill adopted into law in the same manner as the Bill of Rights? I doubt it. Stone throwing, self-righteous individuals like Maher tend to think so highly of themselves that they don't believe the rules apply to them; much like the Kings and Queens whose tyranny over the people culminated in the establishment of the concept of ruling according to established law and this Republic.