Public Duty Quotes
- Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best… — Learned Hand
- I consider it a public duty to answer falsifications with facts. I will not pretend that I find this an unpleasant duty. I am an… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
- When the perfect order prevails, the world is like a home shared by all. Leaders are capable and virtuous. Everyone loves and respects their own… — Confucius
- Let no guilty man escape, if it can he avoided. . . . No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public… — Ulysses S. Grant
- A garden is a public service and having one a public duty. It is a man's contribution to the community. — Richardson Wright
- At no time and in no circumstances should a Communist place his personal interests first; he should subordinate them to the interests of the nation… — Mao Zedong
- The government and the church are two different realms of service, and those in political office have to face a subtle but important difference between… — Jimmy Carter
- My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre and that I am therefore excused from saving… — Douglas Adams
- One reads for pleasure...it is not a public duty. — Alan Bennett