Duty Quotes

The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it follows that it is fair.

I enjoy popping in to World Duty Free at the airport and trying out perfumes - I can never resist a new scent.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt that it was my obligation my duty to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700 million following, yet it's so little known about it which surprised me.

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.

It is long overdue for parents to realize they have the right and duty to protect our children against the intolerant evolutionists.

It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.

Do your duty, that is best; leave unto the Lord the rest.

In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity.

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.

From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it.

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.

Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together. Liberty is safety from all hindrances, even sin. So that Liberty ends by being Free Will.

Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.

The religious idea of God cannot do full duty for the metaphysical infinity.

You have to be true to what you believe in and do your duty.

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.

Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.

I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.

That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good. We are a diverse country, and getting more diverse. And these virtues are what keep this great country together.

The Muslims refuse our culture and try to impose their culture on us. I reject them, and this is not only my duty toward my culture-it is toward my values, my principles, my civilization.

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.

Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other.

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

I would like it to be known that I have decided not to marry Group Capt. Peter Townsend. Mindful of the church's teaching that Christian marriage is indissoluble, and conscious of my duty to the Commonwealth, I have resolved to put these considerations before any others.

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.

Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty carried her far beyond the mere supplying of their physical needs, or requiring that they render faithful service.

Every state has not only the right but the duty to make adequate provision for its own defense in the way it thinks best, providing it does not do so at the expense of any other state.

If you want to understand Jesus, you have to study the whole Bible. Christian duty is not defined solely by the words in red.