Duty Quote by John D. Rockefeller

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.

— John D. Rockefeller

“any right is always coupled with a responsibility”

— Marjan van den Belt

Every right is married to a duty, every freedom owes a corresponding responsibility.

— Russell Kirk

A right is a responsibility in reverse.

— E. B. White

Every right is married to a duty; every freedom owes a corresponding responsibility; and there cannot be genuine freedom unless there exists also genuine…

— Russell Kirk

Every right has its responsibilities. Like the right itself, these responsibilities stem from no man-made law, but from the very nature of man and…

— Lewis B. Schwellenbach

The ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has this tendency…

— Francis Hutcheson

There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our only basic…

— P. J. O'Rourke

The notion of obligations comes before that of rights, which is subordinate and relative to the former. A right is not effectual by itself,…

— Simone Weil

Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well as to…

— Thomas Paine

I learned from my illiterate but wise mother that all rights to be deserved and preserved came from duty well done. Thus the very…

— Mahatma Gandhi

But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy…

— Federica Montseny