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Duty Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke
- 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…
- I believe that Western civilization, after some disgusting glitches, has become almost civilized. I believe it is our first duty to protect that civilization. I…
- If we're going to improve the environment, the first thing we should do is duck the government. The second thing we should do is quit…
- Soldiers are not policemen, and it's very unfair, even for those soldiers who have some police training, to burden them with police duties. It's not…
- Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.
- There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty,…
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