- Army
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- Nov 07, 2020
Duty Quotes
Doing what's owed, quietly and consistently.
Several lines here connect duty to public life — holding elected leaders accountable through voting, or a president's duty to protect national security. See Responsibility quotes for a closer look at that theme.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Defective
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.
- Deserve
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- Nov 07, 2020
I firmly believe that if members of Congress fail to perform their most basic duty in passing a budget, then they do not deserve to be paid.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a German citizen, as a German professor, and as a political person, I hold it to be not only my right but also my moral duty to take part in the shaping of our German destiny, to expose and oppose obvious wrongs.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a duty solicitor, so I can't fix someone's life; all I can do is fix the problem I've got in front of my eyes.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Games like 'Call of Duty' and 'NBA Baller Beats' have so much to them. I was more of the 'Pac-Man' generation where we were excited to play table tennis on the TV.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Those who have enjoyed the benefits of our system more than ever now owe a duty to protect the system that has created the greatest nation on this planet.
- Evidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government lawyers have a duty to disclose evidence of wrongdoing in the government.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each director is different. Clint Eastwood and Chris Nolan are completely different, and I need to adjust to the story and character and the director and just my duty as an actor.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I am going to pick and choose the laws I defend, I wouldn't be doing my duty as attorney general.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Brexit is so important, it would have been neglect of duty to simply sit it out.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would reject wholeheartedly any notion of a Labour Party that is not committed to returning to power at the first opportunity. Of course that needs to be principled power. But standing on the sidelines looking for the purest ideology is a dereliction of the duty for any Labour member.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
People in positions of power and privilege have a duty to perform at a higher level. If not them, then who?
- Nov 07, 2020
It is my duty to voice the suffering of men, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain-high.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020