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> [“Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfil obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nuttall/do-not-confuse-duty-with-what-other-people-expect-of-you-they-are/)

[Christopher Nuttall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nuttall/)

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## More by Christopher Nuttall

> [“His more cynical side suspected that humans had never really needed an excuse to pick on other humans.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nuttall/his-more-cynical-side-suspected-that-humans-had-never-really-needed/)

[Christopher Nuttall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nuttall/)

> [“Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nuttall/do-not-confuse-duty-with-what-other-people-expect-of-you-they-are/)

[Christopher Nuttall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nuttall/)

> [“Right,” Chong said sarcastically.  “Next time perhaps we could surrender and call it a tactical strike without arms.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nuttall/right-chong-said-sarcastically-next-time-perhaps-we-could-surrender/)

[Christopher Nuttall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nuttall/)

> [“I The moving sun-shapes on the spray, The sparkles where the brook was flowing, Pink faces, plightings, moonlit May, These were the things we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nuttall/i-the-moving-sun-shapes-on-the-spray-the-sparkles-where-the-brook-was/)

[Christopher Nuttall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nuttall/)

> [“War was a democracy, he knew.  The enemy got a vote too.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nuttall/war-was-a-democracy-he-knew-the-enemy-got-a-vote-too/)

[Christopher Nuttall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nuttall/)

> [“Well,” Jasmine said.  “Did you miss them?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nuttall/well-jasmine-said-did-you-miss-them/)

[Christopher Nuttall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nuttall/)

> [“Admiral,” he said.  He couldn't resist.  “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nuttall/admiral-he-said-he-couldn-t-resist-reports-of-my-death-have-been/)

[Christopher Nuttall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nuttall/)

> [“It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know they are wretched, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nuttall/it-is-an-illusion-that-youth-is-happy-an-illusion-of-those-who-have-3/)

[Christopher Nuttall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nuttall/)

> [“In the long, fierce struggle for freedom of opinion, the press, like the Church, counted its martyrs by thousands. -James A. Garfield”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nuttall/in-the-long-fierce-struggle-for-freedom-of-opinion-the-press-like-the-2/)

[Christopher Nuttall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nuttall/)

> [“One of the most dangerous signs of decline is the sudden reluctance to tolerate different points of view in political debate.  Questions and issues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nuttall/one-of-the-most-dangerous-signs-of-decline-is-the-sudden-reluctance/)

[Christopher Nuttall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nuttall/)

> [“It was astonishing just how smart the old man had become in the years between Kurt reaching his teenage years and growing out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nuttall/it-was-astonishing-just-how-smart-the-old-man-had-become-in-the-years/)

[Christopher Nuttall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nuttall/)

> [“delight in putting colonies everywhere.  The Tadpoles noted the terraforming project on the fourth world with bemusement.  There was no shortage of habitable worlds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nuttall/delight-in-putting-colonies-everywhere-the-tadpoles-noted-the/)

[Christopher Nuttall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nuttall/)

> [“This may seem absurd – after all, the motives are good.  But you may also wish to remember the parable of the cooked frog. …](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nuttall/this-may-seem-absurd-after-all-the-motives-are-good-but-you-may-also/)

[Christopher Nuttall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nuttall/)

> [“The federal government hated it when people tried to move outside its sphere of control, no matter the reason.  It was incapable of leaving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nuttall/the-federal-government-hated-it-when-people-tried-to-move-outside-its/)

[Christopher Nuttall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nuttall/)

> [“there would always be incompetent assholes in the world ... and many of them would be in places of power.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-nuttall/there-would-always-be-incompetent-assholes-in-the-world-and-many-of/)

[Christopher Nuttall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-nuttall/)

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