The most sacred duty, the supreme and urgent work, is to deliver humanity from the malediction of Cain - fratricidal war. — African Spir Copy Share Image
In the world of literature, I see prizes as more of a duty to the craft itself, rather than as something for… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
“This is the sum of duty. Do not unto others that which would cause you pain if done to you.” — Mahabharata 5 1517 from the Vedic tradition of India circa 3000 BC Copy Share Image
All Americans have a sacred duty to guarantee Social Security benefits to our nation's senior citizens — Steve King Copy Share Image
We have no duty of care to improve the lot of poor Romanians or Poles or Pakistanis or anyone else who is… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
“If you boys... you men can do what has to be done when you'd rather do almost anything else, why do you… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
I am not going to talk about patriotism, duty, liberty, and the defense of freedom because that's all dung to a soldier. — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
The chief duty of our federal government is the safety and security of the American people. — Martha McSally Copy Share Image
There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian.… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
It's now up to the full Senate to move swiftly to confirm John Roberts so he can assume his duties and responsibilities… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The essence of all religions is One. Surrender is the main duty of everyone. Surrender means the feeling of oneness, I and… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
An easygoing person is probably more accessible to the realization of eternity--the endless flow of life and death--than one who takes his… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings,… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
I commanded a naval gunboat patrolling the Mekong Delta. Then when I came home after two tours of duty, I decided that… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
'Line of Duty' had originally been conceived as a returnable drama, with the premise being that the fictional anticorruption unit AC-12 would… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
The good of political life is the good of free and equal citizens recognizing the duty of civility to one another and… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
Humanity is a biological species, living in a biological environment, because like all species, we are exquisitely adapted in everything: from our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In Kant’s description, ethical duty functions like a foreign traumatic intruder that from the outside disturbs the subject’s homeostatic balance, its unbearable… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“The duty of the moment is what you should be doing at any given time, in whatever place God has put you.… — Catherine Doherty Copy Share Image
With all the catastrophes that are going on, and all the hardships that are going on around the world, you don't do… — Gino Vannelli Copy Share Image
I awaken in the morning with confidence, rejoicing in whatever work is given to me to do. Whatever that work is, I… — Joel S. Goldsmith Copy Share Image
In a lifetime among cops since, I've noted that investigators who piece together the aftermaths of home invasion murders tend to keep… — Massad Ayoob Copy Share Image
Let no guilty man escape if it can be avoided. Be specially vigilant-or instruct those engaged in the prosecution of fraud to… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
Though this motion for a new trial is an application to the discretion of the Court, it must be remembered that the… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
In all forms of art, it's our duty to hold a mirror to society, without judgement of course. — Arjun Mathur Copy Share Image
We view the protection of Jewish life as a mission. We have a historical responsibility, and this is our duty as a… — Sebastian Kurz Copy Share Image
Return to the villages means a definite, voluntary recognition of the duty of bread labour and all its connotes. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and unpopular that which… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Governments in countries across the world have a duty to do everything possible to keep the public safe from terrorist attacks. — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
The soil is actually the greatest technology we have for adapting to climate change. And I feel it's our generation's duty to… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
We must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Man is a living duty, a depository of powers that he must not leave in a brute state. Man is a wing. — Jose Marti Copy Share Image
Every asshole who ever chanted 'Drill baby drill' should have to report to the Gulf coast today for cleanup duty. — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
Man owes two solemn debts--one to society, and one to-nature. It is only when he pays the second that he covers the… — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
It is your duty to examine the conduct of public figures and to place them in the spotlight - that is your… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The truly brave are soft of heart and eyes, and feel for what their duty bids them do. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
To doubt is a misfortune, but to seek when in doubt is an indispensable duty. So he who doubts and seeks not… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it. — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
