Duty Quote by William Godwin

A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve.

— Salmon P. Chase

I had some short struggle in my mind whether I should resign my lover or my liberty, but this lasted not long. I found…

— Sarah Fielding

Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve…

— Jose Marti

It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.

— John Ruskin

Only he who is uncompromising as to his rights maintains the sense of duty.

— Albert Camus

No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.

— Douglas MacArthur

In our society it is murder, psychologically, to deprive a man of a job or an income. You are in substance saying to that…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

A man can give up a right, but he may not give up a duty without being guilty of a grave dereliction.

— Mahatma Gandhi

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a…

— Thomas Paine

Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in…

— Napoleon Hill

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a…

— Thomas Paine