Public officials, including state legislators, have a duty to act impartially. — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Can't wait for tomorrow when I get to exercise my patriotic duty as an American: Complaining about how long it's taking to… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
A garden is a public service and having one a public duty. It is a man's contribution to the community. — Richardson Wright Copy Share Image
“It is my duty as a free man to read so I'm not blind being lead around by my nose” — Pierce Brown Copy Share Image
Vice incapacitates a man from all public duty; it withers the powers of his under- standing, and makes his mind paralytic. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Every duty, even the least duty, involves the whole principle of obedience. — Henry Edward Manning Copy Share Image
All free governments, whatever their name, are in reality governments by public opinion ; and it is on the quality of this… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
“Like you? I go out of here every morning...bust my butt...cause I like you? It's my job. It's my responsibility!... Not cause… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
He [Brian Fraser] told me that a man must be responsible for any see he sows, for it's his duty to take… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
The tragedy of being both rational and animal seems to consist in having to choose between duty and desire rather than in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not going to go on this fishing expedition that they want me to, that the Democrats want me to, the president… — Jason Chaffetz Copy Share Image
The government was to raise the duty on cheese to 83 percent, an unpopular move that would doubtless have the more militant… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We are all equal children before our mother; and India asks each one of us, in whatsoever role we play in the… — Pranab Mukherjee Copy Share Image
I was by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height, nor yet in obscurity. I have been called to several… — Oliver Cromwell Copy Share Image
I have already indicated to you the meaning of the word religion, as applied to Islam. The truth is that Islam is… — Muhammad Iqbal Copy Share Image
Having been away from you offical duties," Arch said as the Miller's hand lowered to his side, "you might not have hearc,… — Frank Beddor Copy Share Image
In marriage we have a duty to God, our spuses, the world, and future generations. But we are sinners. A husband and… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
On the eve of my laying down office, with the inauguration of the Republic, I should like to tender my greetings and… — C. Rajagopalachari Copy Share Image
It is our duty to look to God's commands, and not to His decrees; to our own duty, and not to His… — Thomas Boston Copy Share Image
So far, I've never missed a deadline for a term paper, a review, a manuscript. I perform the mumbo-jumbo of voting with… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
“Those who wish even to focus on the problem of a Christian ethic are faced with an outrageous demand-from the outset they… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
No cowboy ever quit while his life was hardest and his duties were most exacting. — J. Frank Dobie Copy Share Image
To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it's an absolute duty. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war. — Tammy Duckworth Copy Share Image
What I call the law of satyagraha is to be deduced from an appreciation of duties and rights flowing therefrom. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The treason of which I stand convicted loses all its guilt, has been sanctified as a duty, and will be ennobled as… — Thomas Francis Meagher Copy Share Image
An actor's got a serious duty to perform. God's given him the gift to interpret his creatures. He has to do that… — Saeed Jaffrey Copy Share Image
It's the duty of any government: where there is disregard of the law, that law and order must be instituted. — Emmerson Mnangagwa Copy Share Image
It's the duty of a lawyer to represent anyone for whom a responsible argument could be made. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe it is my duty to share the gifts I have learned. How dare I have the tools for finding serenity… — Gabrielle Bernstein Copy Share Image
A young man should ask himself not if it is his duty to go to the heathen, but if he may dare… — Lottie Moon Copy Share Image
How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I joined the Army out of a deep sense of duty, but wanting to be an astronaut feels more like my destiny. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
In a democracy, opposition politicians have a duty to hold the Government to account. — Damian Green Copy Share Image
Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children. — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
“Is that what they teach you at the convent? That the gods demand the hearts from our bodies?” — Robin LaFevers Copy Share Image