In the United States, politics is a profession, whereas in Europe it is a right and a duty . — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Inasmuch as there is a useful purpose to what we do as VCs, I tend to think it's our duty not only… — Joe Lonsdale Copy Share Image
This is the way to cultivate courage: First, by standing firm on some conscientious principle, some law of duty. Next, by being… — James Freeman Clarke Copy Share Image
The duty of the media is to observe truth and social responsibility. — Salva Kiir Mayardit Copy Share Image
During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline... And today, looking back at that long path of service,… — Augusto Pinochet Copy Share Image
A perfect man would never act from a sense of duty; he’d always want the right thing more than the wrong one.… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Duty is seldom liked either by the doer or the object ... And why should it be? It is not often of… — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
What I am fighting is the idea that charity is a moral duty and a primary virtue. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The duty of rhetoric is to deal with such matters as we deliberate upon without arts or systems to guide us, in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I am not only not prepared to bring forward any measure of this nature, but I will at once declare that, as… — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
Of what use the friendliest disposition even, if there are no hours given to Friendship, if it is forever postponed to unimportant… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In yielding we are like the water, by nature placid, conforming to the hollow of the smallest hand; in time, shaping even… — Bette Lord Copy Share Image
Dear rulers ... I maintain that the civil authorities are under obligation to compel the people to send their children to school.… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Our soldiers in Siachen are performing their duty with great courage and fortitude, even in extreme conditions and treacherous terrain. — Rajnath Singh Copy Share Image
In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty. Only under a dictatorship is literature… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and characters, to write story. — Eric Brown Copy Share Image
If you're in a situation where someone's mistreating you, I think it's your duty to speak out. — Anjelica Huston Copy Share Image
It is not only the juror's right, but his duty to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, judgment and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I believe it is the duty of each of us to act as if the fate of the world depended on him.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We make mistakes, we have our faults, and God knows some of us have more than our share, but when danger threatens… — James Larkin Copy Share Image
“Responsibility and duty are different things, you can sacrifice your responsibility for your duty but you cannot sacrifice your duty for your… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
My mom had a job, and she also took care of us, and she also took care of Dad - I always… — Carrie Underwood Copy Share Image
I write because something inner and unconscious forces me to. That is the first compulsion. The second is one of ethical and… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us, like the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Authority is mainly a moral power; therefore, it must first call upon the conscience, that is, upon the duty that each person… — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
The weakling and the coward cannot be saved by honesty alone; but without honesty the brave and able man is merely a… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There have been women who have pioneered and paved the way for me to be able to sit here and to have… — Ashlyn Harris Copy Share Image
If you're going to educate the public and tell them how things happen in the courtroom, then you really owe them the… — Marcia Clark 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
Worship is yet another paradox of the religious life: it is simultaneously the greatest duty and the greatest pleasure of faith. Worship… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
U.S. corn exports to CAFTA countries will benefit from reduced tariffs and duty-free access for corn products. — John Shimkus Copy Share Image
[Providences] often puzzle and entangle our thoughts, but bring them to the Word, and your duty will be quickly manifested. "Until I… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
If you give the government the right to determine the consumption of the human body, to determine whether one should smoke or… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
My father passed away in 1942, and three-four months after his death, I had to start working. There was a responsibility on… — Lata Mangeshkar Copy Share Image