Obligation Quotes

1054 Obligation quotes by 801 unique authors

It has been, after all, 11 years, more than a decade now, of defiance of U.N. resolutions by Saddam Hussein. Every obligation that he signed… — Condoleezza Rice
The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity - and an obligation - to help them turn this… — Condoleezza Rice
It is high time that the international community tell Saddam Hussein and his regime that this is not an issue of negotiation with the U.N.… — Condoleezza Rice
Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty. — John D. Rockefeller
Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation. — Bertrand Russell
Seven hundred and sixteen billion dollars, funneled out of Medicare by President Obama. An obligation we have to our parents and grandparents is being sacrificed,… — Paul Ryan
A bold reform agenda is our moral obligation. If we make the case effectively and win this November, then we will have the moral authority… — Paul Ryan
As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the citizen who changes things. — Jose Saramago
Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty,… — Adam Schiff
Children are not a right, they are a privileged obligation. — Laura Schlessinger
Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work,… — David Soul
Shareholders have the right and obligation to set the parameters of corporate behavior within which management pursues profit. — Eliot Spitzer
The rescue of a person, who is assaulted, or restrained of his liberty, without authority of law, is not only morally, but legally, a meritorious… — Lysander Spooner
Now a slave is not 'held' by any legal contract, obligation, duty, or authority, which the laws will enforce. He is 'held' only by brute… — Lysander Spooner
The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them,… — Ben Stein
The debt-ceiling vote isn't about what will be done in the future; it is about the integrity of America's commitment to support the bonds we… — John Sununu
When I'm in management meetings when we're deciding my future, those decisions are left up to me. I'm the one who has to go out… — Taylor Swift
I'm thankful for the ability to share my faith in a lot of different places. It's something that I take as a responsibility and an… — Tim Tebow
My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you had… — Clarence Thomas
In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society. — Henry David Thoreau

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