I believe deeply that the first duty of government is providing for the personal security of its citizens. Therefore I would naturally… — William Barr Copy Share Image
I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
Sampling out corruption is a very tough job, but I say so in all seriousness that we would be failing in our… — Lal Bahadur Shastri Copy Share Image
“Thomas looked around and tried not to let his duty turn him bitter. These were good men, and he would not leave… — Jessica Fortunato Copy Share Image
Oh, what a glory doth this world put on, for him who with a fervent heart goes forth under the bright and… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Attention is our first duty whenever we want to know what is our second duty. There is no such cause of confusion… — Henry Clay Trumbull Copy Share Image
“A leader’s primary responsibility is to think of others first. “The great duty in life is the promotion of the happiness and… — John A. Brock Copy Share Image
The desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human conduct; ... the best security for the fidelity of mankind… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Peculiar or not, it is my idea of pleasure. Why, why else do you lead this life you don't enjoy it? Don't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Withhold no part of the precious truth, but speak what you know and declare what you have seen. Do not allow the… — Alistair Begg Copy Share Image
A general in time of war is constantly bombarded by reports both true and false; by errors arising from fear or negligence… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear on earth, peace, security, liberty, our family, our friends, our home. .… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Jorge Luis Borges had the soapbox and the authority to complain about this myopic understanding of the duty of Latin American writers,… — Adam Morris Copy Share Image
There is a great deal too much in the world, of the "heavenly-mindedness" which expends itself in the contemplation of the joys… — Henry Clay Trumbull Copy Share Image
As believers, how can we fail to see that abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide are a terrible rejection of God's gift of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Always have a book at hand, in the parlor, on the table, for the family; a book of condensed thought and striking… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
The same day I saw my first horror camp, I visited every nook and cranny. I felt it my duty to be… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Last year, the Assembly of the League, as a result of the initiative taken by the Scandinavian nations, further limited and clarified… — Hjalmar Branting Copy Share Image
The corporations are powerful only because we have allowed them to be. In theory, it is we, not they, who mandate the… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
The men and women who have the right ideals . . . are those who have the courage to strive for the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I love 'Call of Duty;' I'm a huge fan, but I started off with 'Medal of Honor' and I stuck with what… — Mehcad Brooks Copy Share Image
Me and my husband think the internet is a really positive thing. We know games that have taught our children problem-solving skills… — Konnie Huq Copy Share Image
Certainly it may, under present imperfect conditions, often be a duty not to destroy the outward form of marriage for the sake… — Ellen Key Copy Share Image
it is necessary that we should all have a little of the will to die, because otherwise we would find the performance… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
I served on active duty in the U.S. Air Force and currently serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Yet I still… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
I know forgiveness is a man's duty, but, to my thinking, that can only mean as you're to give up all thoughts… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“It's like that quote: 'If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
The real danger of democracy is, that the classes which have the power under it will assume all the rights and reject… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
I have the duty to protect my people, hurt my enemy, do the best I can with as few uninvolved casualties as… — Benny Gantz Copy Share Image
...the institutional arrangement whereby most professional economists are heavily burdened with teaching and administrative duties may militate against a sufficient admixture of… — Sir Henry Roy Forbes Harrod Copy Share Image
Everyone living under the social contract we call democracy has a duty to act responsibly, to obey the laws, and to abandon… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
No sort of defense is needed for preaching outdoors, but it would take a very strong argument to prove that a man… — William Booth Copy Share Image
The first duty of government is to protect the citizen from assault. Unless it does this, all the civil rights and civil… — Richard Viguerie Copy Share Image
In truth, ideas and principles are independent of men; the application of them and their illustration is man's duty and merit. The… — Edward Forbes Copy Share Image
Everyone has a special place they store their tension (I'm on shiatsu duty), the same way everyone misspells the same words over… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
If you have a platform, you have a responsibility and it is our duty to use ours in Daddy's name, because I… — Cedella Marley Copy Share Image
I am an ordinary human being who is impelled to write poetry. ... I still do feel that a poet has a… — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
Raise your hand if you had no idea you’d see so much nudity in one week of jury duty.” Twelve hands flew… — Julie James Copy Share Image
Religion must be loved as a kind of country and nursing-mother. It was religion that nourished our virtues, that showed us heaven,… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
There are many likewise, who go on in a round of duties, a model of performances, that think they shall go to… — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
