Discharge Quote by Tacitus

“Primary Duty of Lesser Magistrates is Threefold: First, they are to oppose and resist any laws or edicts from the higher authority that contravene…

— Matthew J. Trewhella

It is of infinite importance to the public that the acts of magistrates should not only be substantially good, but also that they should…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

An annual or frequent choice of Magistrates, who in a year, or in a few years, are again left upon a level with their…

— Clinton Rossiter

All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; [...] magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them.

— George Mason

Irrespective of the tasks given to me, I have done my best to discharge my duties.

— Rajnath Singh

The highest duty is to respect authority

— Anonymous

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and…

— George Washington

To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.

— Solon

If we consider the manner in which those who assume the office of directing the conduct of others execute their undertaking, it will not…

— Samuel Johnson

When there are duties to perform [true] servants and sons serve their labors.

— Confucius

The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If some period be not fixed, either by the Constitution or by practice, to the services of the First Magistrate, his office, though nominally…

— Thomas Jefferson