On each race is laid the duty to keep alight its own lamp of mind as its part in the illumination of… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Governments do have the duty to protect national interest. But we should not be afraid of foreign funding of Indian CSOs, unless… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
If you know something damaging about a major political figure, then, in a democracy, it is surely your duty to tell the… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share Image
On top of the insult of destroying the geographic places we call home, the chain stores also destroyed people's place in the… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
All these types of love come out of duty, respect, and gratitude. Most of them, as the women in my county know,… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
For myself, therefore, I desire to declare that the principle that will govern me in the high duty to which my country… — Martin Van Buren Copy Share Image
If you are irresponsible as a parent and don't know what your kids are watching, that's your problem. It's not the creator's… — Vikramaditya Motwane Copy Share Image
Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
If, then, the courts of justice are to be considered as the bulwarks of a limited Constitution against legislative encroachments, this consideration… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I have this little neighbor next door. He comes over and tells me about playing Call of Duty, and he's talking about,… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
It is not so much what we get out of life as what we put into it that determines how large our… — Frank C. Lockwood Copy Share Image
The hymns of David, the plays of Shakespeare, the metaphysics of Descartes, the crimes of Borgia, the virtues of Antonine, the atheism… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
It indicates a person who has not only good manners but who possesses a sense of balance, a sure mastery of himself,… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
The duties which a police officer owes to the state are of a most exacting nature. No one is compelled to choose… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
We have come to think that duty should come first. I disagree. Duty should be a by-product. Writing, the creative effort, the… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
I would hope that we would not lose the real objective of our cherished opportunities to serve. That objective, that eternal goal,… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Whether you agreed with Sen. McCain or not, he never let anything undermine his unwavering support for our troops and our veterans.… — Ruben Gallego Copy Share Image
For if animals are God's creatures, we have no absolute rights over them, only the duty to look after them as God… — Andrew Linzey Copy Share Image
I consider it a privilege and duty to pass on the experience and knowledge I have accumulated in 20 years of experience… — Philipp Lahm Copy Share Image
One of the pleasant duties of America's most famous announcers during the relatively short swing era of the big bands was to… — Nick Clooney Copy Share Image
Liberty, understood by materialists as the right to do or not to do anything not directly injurious to others, we understand as… — Giuseppe Mazzini Copy Share Image
There is a way of losing that is finding. When soul overmasters sense. When the noble and divine self overcomes the lower… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ants are good citizens; they place group interest first. But they carry it so far, they have few or no political rights.… — Clarence Day Copy Share Image
It is not God but the Devil who is in charge of the international situation and those who are working for God… — Ramsay MacDonald Copy Share Image
The epoch of individuality is concluded, and it is the duty of reformers to initiate the epoch of association. Collective man is… — Giuseppe Mazzini Copy Share Image
When you love someone, you want to share everything with him or her. So it is your duty to say, "I suffer… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
What do you do when other countries' intelligence agencies give you information and you aren't entirely certain about its source? Simply ignore… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
We must make it an imperative duty of our government to protect the gifts which Nature has bestowed on America and to… — George Lincoln Rockwell Copy Share Image
I believe that every Christian ought to be joined to some visible church; that is his plain duty, according to the Scriptures.… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I know I am not only the bad conscience of the Nazis. I am also the bad conscience of the Jews. Because… — Simon Wiesenthal Copy Share Image
charity is a calm, severe duty; it must be intellectual, to be advantageous. It is a strange mistake that it should ever… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I think the scripts for 'Line of Duty' and 'Blood' are both asking the audience to get involved in speculating as to… — Adrian Dunbar Copy Share Image
Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Copy Share Image
“[I]t is the writer's duty to write fiction which promotes virtue, the good, the beautiful, and above all, the true. ... It… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
It is an ambassador's duty to stand up for his nation's foreign policy in any era and under any government whatsoever. Ambassadors… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I have a reputation for drinking a lot. Indeed, I drink quite much. However, I give it up when I wish to… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Copy Share Image
In the beginning of the war, Southern women wanted their men to leave - in droves, and as quickly as possible. They… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
We believers do need to be challenged to a life of committed discipleship, but that challenge needs to be based on the… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots. — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
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