Duty Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.”

— Thomas Jefferson

What, then is our duty? It is to carefully distinguish the historic moment in which we live and to consciously assign our small energies…

— Nikos Kazantzakis

“Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.”

— John Parker

And we must still try or we would be leaving our friends to fight without us. I think this is what you have meant…

— Naomi Novik

So - our readiness to meet and defeat this kind of possible attack is forced upon us, both as a potent preventive of actual…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

When we were attacked militarily it was our duty to defend our country.

— Arseniy Yatsenyuk

Our position was: If you don't attack us, there won't be any violence; if you bring violence to us, we will defend ourselves.

— Bobby Seale

Self-defense is not only our right; it is our duty.

— Ronald Reagan

We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm.

— Nicolas Chamfort

The part of us that has to be burned away is something like the deadwood on the bush; it has to go, to be…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Contrary to what some believe, taking all reasonable and feasible precautions to protect civilians - and mitigating the resulting anger when we harm them…

— Patrick Leahy

We will prevent war, whatever it takes.

— Moon Jae-in