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Duty Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God ... and…
- At the beginning of the war, and for some time, the use of colored troops was not contemplated; and how the change of purpose was…
- I shall not do more than I can, and I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my sworn duty as…
- I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free states, due to the Union of the states, and perhaps to liberty…
- I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that 'while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the…
- No duty is more imperative for the government than the duty it ;owes the people to furnish them with a sound and uniform currency, an…
- The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the…
- I hope it will not be irreverent in me to say, that if it be probable that God would reveal his will to others, on…
- ...I do not mean to say that this general government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs in the world;…
- The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a…
- If there is anything which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing is…
- Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
- Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction ... nor of dungeons…
More Duty Quotes
- In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. — Saint Augustine
- No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more. — Saint Augustine
- A powerful attraction exists, therefore, to the promotion of a study and of duties of all others engrossing the time most completely,… — Charles Babbage
- Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss… — Charles Babbage
- We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it. — Robert Baden-Powell
- Doing what you do well is death. Your duty is to keep trying to do things that you don't do well, in… — John Banville
- We are all one - or at least we should be - and it is our job, our duty, and our great… — Roy Barnes
- We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail. — Dave Barry
- An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can. — Jacques Barzun
- The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty… — Samuel Adams
- Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators have a… — Gary Bauer
- Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a… — Simone de Beauvoir