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title: "3 Duty Cause Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Duty Cause quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Duty Cause sayings and thoughts."
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> [Attention is our first duty whenever we want to know what is our second duty. There is no such cause of confusion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-clay-trumbull/attention-is-our-first-duty-whenever-we-want-to-know-what-is-our/)

[Henry Clay Trumbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-clay-trumbull/)

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> [ “\[...\]what we are talking about are negative obligations--the duty not to cause harm.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-gibney/what-we-are-talking-about-are-negative-obligations-the-duty-not-to/)

[Mark Gibney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-gibney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/mark-gibney-68376_quote_what-we-are-talking-about-are-negative-o_1902177.jpg)

> [“When duty, a cause, etc., is the fixed point, the latter force is paramount, and only accident or a series of accidents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bram-stoker/when-duty-a-cause-etc-is-the-fixed-point-the-latter-force-is/)

[Bram Stoker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bram-stoker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/bram-stoker-718_accident_when-duty-a-cause-etc-is-the-fixed-point_2486867.jpg)

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