Obligation Quotes

1054 Obligation quotes by 801 unique authors

As long as leadership from above was not lacking, the people fulfilled their duty and obligation overwhelmingly. Whether Protestant pastor or Catholic priest, both together… — Adolf Hitler
Instead of seeming to impose new obligations, they should appear as people who wish to share their joy, who point to a horizon of beauty… — Pope Francis
Our human responsibility for animal rights, plant rights, and the rights of the earth to its health and wholeness is self-evident. Whatever our beliefs about… — Densey Clyne
The chief source of man's inhumanity to man seems to be the tribal limits of his sense of obligation to other men. — Reinhold Niebuhr
I've got enough money in my life to retire now and do nothing. But I've got a duty and obligation to see if we can… — Clive Palmer
Social obligation is much bigger than supporting worthy causes. It includes anything that impacts people and the quality of their lives . — Bill Ford
We have been led to believe that we have come a long way toward world nuclear disarmament. But that is not the case. Our government… — Harrison Ford
Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths . . . ? — George Washington
The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than… — George Washington
Every day we make our way through a moral forest, along pathways ever branching. Often we get lost. When the array of paths before us… — Dean Koontz
The obligation of human beings to support and obey human governments, while they legislate upon the principles of the moral law, is an unalterable as… — Charles Grandison Finney
THIS law of nature, being co-eval with mankind and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding… — William Blackstone
Respect for human rights is not social work; it is not merely an act of compassion. It is the first obligation of government and the… — Ronald Reagan
Bills of attainder, ex-post facto laws and laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to… — James Madison
Its objects are CONTRACTS with foreign nations which have the force of law, but derive it from the obligations of good faith. — Alexander Hamilton
The duty of holding a Neutral conduct may be inferred, without any thing more, from the obligation which justice and humanity impose on every nation,… — George Washington
The living language is like a cowpath: it is the creation of the cows themselves, who, having created it, follow it or depart from it… — Elwyn Brooks White
Citizen service is the very American idea that we meet our challenges not as isolated individuals but as members of a true community, with all… — William J. Clinton
The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the… — Alexander Hamilton
It is a misfortune incident to republican government, though in a less degree than to other governments, that those who administer it, may forget their… — James Madison

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