Appropriation Quote by Rutherford B. Hayes

The duty imposed upon him [the president] to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, follows out the strong injunctions of his oath…

— Joseph Story

The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty of their executive to abstain from interfering in or…

— William Henry Harrison

No higher duty, or more solemn responsibility, rests upon this Court than that of translating into living law and maintaining this constitutional shield deliberately…

— Hugo Black

I have a duty to protect the Executive Branch from legislative encroachment.

— George W. Bush

If we all discharge our duties, rights will not be far to seek. If leaving duties unperformed we run after rights, they will escape…

— Mahatma Gandhi

The first duty of government is to protect the citizen from assault. Unless it does this, all the civil rights and civil liberties in…

— Richard Viguerie

We have to remind the people: Congress has the constitutional obligation and public responsibility to oversee these issues and the Department of Justice's operations.

— Sibel Edmonds

The people who are entrusted with interpreting the law and upholding justice are tasked with an enormous duty.

— Phil Scott

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

— Benjamin Constant

My obligation as president, and what I promise the country, is that the courts will be able to do their job free of all…

— Ricardo Lagos

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

— Anonymous