Obligations Quotes

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In this modern world plagued with counterfeits for the Lord's plan, we must not be misled into supposing that we can discharge our obligations to… — Marion G. Romney
Ethics cannot be based upon our obligations toward people, but they are complete and natural only when we feel this Reverence for Life and the… — Albert Schweitzer
If you are under obligations to many, it is prudent to postpone the recompensing of one, until it be in your power to remunerate all;… — Charles Caleb Colton
We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat… — Barack Obama
Now, I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil, having due regard… — Abraham Lincoln
All religions bear traces of the fact that they arose during the intellectual immaturity of the human race - before it had learned the obligations… — Friedrich Nietzsche
At the heart of my politics has always been the value of community, the belief that we are not merely individuals struggling in isolation from… — Tony Blair
The experience of treaties being broken with impunity provide an afflicting lesson to mankind how little dependence is to be placed on treaties which have… — Alexander Hamilton
Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other obligations,… — John F. Kennedy
Bullshit is unavoidable when circumstances require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about. Thus, the production of bullshit is stimulated whenever a… — Harry Frankfurt
Life is the acceptance of responsibilities or their evasion; it is a business of meeting obligations or avoiding them. To every man the choice is… — Ben Ames Williams
The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind; but kindness and beneficence should be extended to the creatures of every species, and these… — Plutarch
I have other obligations now - the show, my family, my life... though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those… — Rob Lowe
It is the indispensable duty of those, who maintain for themselves the rights of human nature, and who possess the obligations of Christianity, to extend… — Benjamin Banneker
In business, integrity is just as important as in any of the great public offices... but I believe one of the first and fundamental obligations… — Peter Cosgrove
One does not have to sleep with, or even touch, someone who has paid for your meal. All those obligations are hereby rendered null and… — Cynthia Heimel
One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the… — Denise Levertov
We are not naÃ¯ve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their… — Jean Rostand
I support ensuring that committed gay couples have the same rights and responsibilities afforded to any married couple in this country. I believe strongly in… — Barack Obama
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

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