Duties Quotes
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If we all discharge our duties, rights will not be far to seek.
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America was founded on the principle of inalienable rights, not dictated duties. The Declaration of Independence states that every human being has a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It does not state that he is born a slave to the needs of others.
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We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.
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I will return to Libya and undertake my duties and obligations to bring equality within the chaos.
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Discipline our youth in early life in sound maxims of moral, political, and religious duties.
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Happiness is not everything and men have their duties. Mine is to find my mother, a homeland.
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The historian's first duties are sacrilege and the mocking of false gods. They are his indispensable instruments for establishing the truth.
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It was still quiet in the house, and not a sound was heard from outside, either. Were it not for this silence, my reverie would probably have been disrupted by reminders of daily duties, of getting up and going to school.
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I shall not remind you, Citizen-Directors, of all I have done for the triumph of liberty, the prosperity of St. Domingo, the glory of the French Republic; nor will I protest to you my attachment to our mother country, to my duties; my respect to the constitution, to the laws of the Republic, and my submission to the government.
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I have other duties equally sacred ... Duties to myself.
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And man's little Life has Duties that are great, that are alone great, and go up to Heaven and down to Hell.
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Knowledge of our duties is the most essential part of the philosophy of life. If you escape duty you avoid action. The world demands results.
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Great trials seem to be a necessary preparation for great duties. It would seem that the more important the enterprise, the more severe the trial to which the agent is subjected in his preparation.
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Who, I ask you, can take, dare take, on himself the rights, the duties, the responsibilities of another human soul?
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Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.
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There is nothing so absolutely bracing for the soul as the frequent turning of one's back on duties.
