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Duty Quotes by Alexander Hamilton
- The first duty of society is justice.
- This position will not be disputed, so long as it is admitted that the desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human…
- If it were to be asked, What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? The answer would…
- If duties are too high, they lessen the consumption; the collection is eluded; and the product to the treasury is not so great as when…
- As the duties of superintending the national defense and of securing the public peace against foreign or domestic violence involve a provision for casualties and…
- If, then, the courts of justice are to be considered as the bulwarks of a limited Constitution against legislative encroachments, this consideration will afford a…
- There are men who could neither be distressed nor won into a sacrifice of their duty; but this stern virtue is the growth of few…
- The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one which contains certain…
- Upon this law, depend the natural rights of mankind, the supreme being gave existence to man, together with the means of preserving and beatifying that…
- In this distribution of powers the wisdom of our constitution is manifested. It is the province and duty of the Executive to preserve to the…
- What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws.
- When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom…
- The desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human conduct; ... the best security for the fidelity of mankind is to make…
- I think the first duty of society is justice.
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