Duty Quote by Frans Timmermans

It's the duty of any government: where there is disregard of the law, that law and order must be instituted.

— Emmerson Mnangagwa

Duty is the necessity to act out of reverence for the law.

— Immanuel Kant

No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being.

— Benjamin Constant

Government holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force.

— Ayn Rand

The use of force stands in need of control by a public neutral authority, in the interests of liberty no less than of justice.…

— Bertrand Russell

IT may be proper to observe further, that this Duty is not confined to those who live under any one particular Form of Government:…

— Charles Inglis

“All governments, even these precious “democracies,” derive all their power by force. Do something the government doesn’t want, like, say, cross the street against…

— S. Evan Townsend

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

— Brad Henry

The protection of our citizens, the spirit and honor of our country, require that force should be interposed to a certain degree.

— Thomas Jefferson

“The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper government is…

— Ayn Rand

The people who get the ability to use force have to be watched carefully by civilians to make sure they don't use it excessively.

— Rand Paul

The first duty of government is to protect the powerless from the powerful.

— Anonymous