A nation has its first obligation to its own workers and its own poor. — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
The climate issue is for the state. It is an obligation for all governments. — Michel Temer Copy Share Image
“The first obligation of all human beings is to be happy. The second obligation, is to make others happy.” — Cantinflas Copy Share Image
If you have an opportunity to help others or incite change, it feels like a moral obligation to do so. — Elizabeth Chambers Copy Share Image
All moral obligation resolves itself into the obligation of conformity to the will of God. — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
Although I have a variety of obligations, the climate crisis is my central concern. — Al Gore Copy Share Image
I think most actors feel an obligation to do right by the people they're playing. — Kyle MacLachlan Copy Share Image
I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central core to my life that will enable me to carry… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
A Syriza government will respect Greece's obligation as a eurozone member to maintain a balanced budget and will commit to quantitative targets. — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
I was reminded that it is my obligation not only as an elected official in a pluralistic society, but also as a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
More things to remember: 7) The value of time; 8) The pleasure of working; 9) The obligation of duty; 10) The power… — Marshall Field Copy Share Image
Being a moral realist I see normative ethics as a search of the truth about our obligations and a search of explanation;… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
Trifling favors are readily acknowledged, though cheaply esteemed; but important ones are most rarely remembered. — Giovanni Ruffini Copy Share Image
You can't organize people if you don't love them. And however hard it can be to love the racist you come in… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
Mathematics, in the development of its ideas, has only to take account of the immanent reality of its concepts and has absolutely… — Georg Cantor Copy Share Image
All laws that are proper and correct, and all obligations entered into which are not violative of the constitution should be kept… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
Being a startup entrepreneur is not for everybody and it’s not the only desirable career choice. I also know that many people… — Mark Suster Copy Share Image
“It is our obligation, as people created and owned by God, to give him the honor and glory that is due to… — Greg Gilbert Copy Share Image
Natural Giving: Anything we do in life which is not out of that energy, we pay for and everybody else pays for.… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
“Today, one of the brothers asked me: Is it a terrible prison, not to be able to move from the place where… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
We must now surrender to the obligation to understand and to care. We must surrender ourselves to becoming conscious, thinking members of… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
When a librarian really believes that a book is harmful, that its content is contrary to the welfare of the community, or… — Jesse Shera Copy Share Image
I think that man has a fundamental obligation to extract from himself and from the earth all that it can give; and… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
Now, I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The ethical rule is from Samuel Johnson who believed that maintenance of easily removable ignorance by a responsible office holder was treacherous… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The American president increasingly used his influence to create conflicts, intensify existing conflicts, and, above all, to keep conflicts from being resolved… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I don't doubt that every prince would like to be both; but since it is hard to accomodate these qualities, if you… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
We must act now and wake up to our moral obligations. The poor and vulnerable are members of God's family and are… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
It is fitting that the Government of the United States should assume the obligation of the establishment and maintenance of a first-class… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
There is no obligation for the author of a film to believe in, or to sympathise with, the moral behaviour of his… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
Such regulations may, no doubt, be considered as in some respect a violation of natural liberty. But those exertions of the natural… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
If you believe your product or service can fulfill a true need, it's your moral obligation to sell it. — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing. — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
As Christians, we have an obligation and responsibility to abide by the principles of the Bible. — S. Truett Cathy Copy Share Image
One's obligation every day, is to choose to follow the nobler one. — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image