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Each person you know about and can affect is someone to whom you have responsibilities.
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The quote says that knowing someone and having the ability to affect them gives you responsibilities toward that person. Your choices do not concern only you; they can influence people within your reach. Responsibility here means paying attention to how your actions affect others and treating that impact as something you should take seriously.
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