Obligations Quotes
295 quotes by 257 authors
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He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is…
— Samuel Adams
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When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society.
— H. Rap Brown
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The United States have fulfilled in good faith all their treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes, and have in every other instance insisted upon a…
— Martin Van Buren
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The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.
— George W. Bush
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All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.
— Albert Camus
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One great thing about getting old is that you can get out of all sorts of social obligations just by saying you're too tired.
— George Carlin
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The cheese and wine party has the form of friendship without the warmth and devotion. It is a device either for getting rid of social…
— Brooks Atkinson
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Let the children...be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education.
— Benjamin Rush
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EARTH DAY uses one of humanity's great discoveries, the discovery of anniversaries by which, throughout time, human beings have kept their sorrows and their joys,…
— Margaret Mead
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I just do what I got to do and go out and be myself, on and off the court, and take care of my obligations.…
— LeBron James
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