Obligation Quotes
1054 quotes by 801 authors
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...if we want to meet the obligations of our civilization and our culture which are to create communities for our children that provide them with…
— Robert Kennedy
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We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
— P.D. James
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Being the first Olympic medallist of my country means that I have some obligations and it was a very tough job for me to resume…
— Benjamin Boukpeti
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Shouldn't atheist have an equal obligation to explain pleasure in a world of randomness. Where does pleasure come from?
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and still man's obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the same path to…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Anyone in a free society where the laws are unjust has an obligation to break the law.
— Henry David Thoreau
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Our privileges can be no greater than our obligations. The protection of our rights can endure no longer than the performance of our responsibilities.
— John F. Kennedy
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When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government and expenses…
— Grover Cleveland
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When men receive favours from someone they expected to do them ill, they are under a greater obligation to their benefactor...
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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The nature of man is such that people consider themselves put under an obligation as much by the benefits they confer as by those they…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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To me, teamwork is a lot like being part of a family. It comes with obligations, entanglements, headaches, and quarrels. But the rewards are worth…
— Pat Summitt
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The freedom to do your own thing ends when you have obligations and responsibilities. If you want to fail yourself - you can - but…
— Lou Holtz
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I can't say that I was my happiest on court, but I felt completely free. Free from family obligations, free from my own torment. In…
— Jimmy Connors
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An interface can be a powerful narrative device. And as we collect more and more personally and socially relevant data, we have an opportunity, and…
— Aaron Koblin
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Most men remember obligations, but not often to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.
— William Gilmore Simms
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Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will…
— E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
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Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality but by the…
— Eugene V. Debs
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We all have an obligation as citizens of this earth to leave the world a healthier, cleaner, and better place for our children and future…
— Blythe Danner
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As the wealthiest nation on Earth, I believe the United States has a moral obligation to lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition, and to…
— Barack Obama
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Do not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist,…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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