Duty Quote by Abraham Lincoln

The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a…

— Donald Trump

It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right.

— William E. Gladstone

Next to the assumption of power is the responsibility of relinquishing it.

— Benjamin Disraeli

The chief duty of governments, in so far as they are coercive, is to restrain those who would interfere with the inalienable rights of…

— William Jennings Bryan

Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect the consciences of men from oppression, it certainly is the duty of Rulers, not only to…

— George Washington

For government consists in nothing else but so controlling subjects that they shall neither be able to, nor have cause to do [it] harm.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

— Brad Henry

“To be "in charge" is certainly not only to carry out the proper measures yourself but to see that every one else does so…

— Florence Nightingale

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

— Ronald Reagan

The responsibility for good government lies not just with governments themselves but also with every other part of the system they operate in, including…

— Geoff Mulgan

No more essential duty of government exists than the protection of the lives of its people. Fail in this, and we fail in everything.

— Francis T Murphy

The first duty of government is to protect the powerless from the powerful.

— Anonymous