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In the time we have it is surely our duty to do all the good we can to all the people we can in all… — William Barclay
The liberal party is a party which believes that, as new conditions an problems arise beyond the power of men and women to meet as… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our only basic human… — P.J. O'Rourke
It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens… — James Madison
It is for the good of nations, and not for the emolument or aggrandizement of particular individuals, that government ought to be established, and that… — Thomas Paine
Other duties become pressing and absorbing and crowd our prayer. "Choked to death" would be the coroner's verdict in many cases of dead praying if… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Sincerity is the same in a corner alone, as it is before the face of the world. It knows not how to wear two vizards,… — John Bunyan
It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves. — William Gurnall
There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Nothing means so much to our daily prayer life as to pray in the name of Jesus. If we fail to do this, our prayer… — Ole Hallesby
Prayer is not a hard requirement - it is the natural duty of a creature to its creator, the simplest homage that human need can… — Charles Spurgeon
"None is good, save One, that is, God", as the Lord Jesus bath said. The rest are only tools in His hands. "Gloria in Excelsis",… — Swami Vivekananda
This is the duty of our generation as we enter the twenty-first century - solidarity with the weak, the persecuted, the lonely, the sick, and… — Elie Wiesel
Western society has accepted as unquestionable a technological imperative that is quite as arbitrary as the most primitive taboo: not merely the duty to foster… — Lewis Mumford
The first duty of society is justice. — Alexander Hamilton
May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense. — Seneca the Younger
By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes to be his duty against the influences of… — Lord Acton
No higher duty, or more solemn responsibility, rests upon this Court than that of translating into living law and maintaining this constitutional shield deliberately planned… — Hugo Black
We need to restore the full meaning of that old word, duty. It is the other side of rights. — Pearl S. Buck
We had no churches, no religious organizations, so sabbath day, no holidays, and yet we worshiped. Sometimes the whole tribe would assemble and sing and… — Geronimo
For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt. — Lillian Hellman
Equality is the heart and essence of democracy, freedom, and justice, equality of opportunity in industry, in labor unions, schools and colleges, government, politics, and… — A. Philip Randolph
Resolved, That it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
It is the duty of all papas and mammas to forbid their children to drink coffee, unless they wish to have little dried-up machines, stunted… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty. — James Anthony Froude

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