Delusion Quote by Alexander Hamilton

“When occasions present themselves in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons…

— Alexander Hamilton

“Duty comes in many forms; at times duty to country may conflict with duty to family. Yet, with a lucid mind the guises can…

— F. Sionil José

It is the mark of a superior person that, left to themselves they are able endlessly to amuse, interest and entertain themselves out of…

— George Jean Nathan

“The truly self-possessed, however, are free from the whims of fate and chance. Calmly, they affect their will, and with strength of character and…

— James Allen

“[People] ask themselves, what is suitable for my position? What is usually done by persons of my station and percuniary circumstances? Or (worse still)…

— John Stuart Mill

Many feel that in today's climate some of those in authority are exercising, in effect, a self-serving, 'ends justify the means' mindset as well,…

— Martin Luther King III

You have been compelled to cultivate your reflective faculties, for want of occasions for frittering your life away in silly trifles.

— Emily Bronte

“People with power do not regulate their behavior as much. They become egocentric and preoccupied with their own self-interest, which eclipses their awareness of…

— Dean M. Schroeder

Our German language has a word which in a magnificent way denotes conduct based on this spirit: doing one's duty [Pflichterfüllung]-which means serving the…

— Adolf Hitler

When people feel their insignificance as individual persons, they also suffer an undermining of their sense of human responsibility.

— Rollo May

The common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to…

— George Washington

The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and prepares it…

— Mary Wollstonecraft