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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
- Nov 07, 2020
Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was sent to Korea, which was excellent training for what came later. I was assigned to remain on duty until I completed one hundred combat missions - or got knocked out - whichever came first.
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- Nov 07, 2020
May the spirit of devotion to duty which inspires us always dominate this Committee's conferences!
- Nov 07, 2020
Not every woman has what I have, so if I could do something to help them, that should also be my duty.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My sisters started to cook at nine and, being one of the youngest, I wanted in on it, too, so I began at six on potato-peeling duty as french fries were my thing.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the fabric of the universe becomes unknown, it is the duty of the university to produce weavers.
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you have more money than you need, you have to give it away. It's a duty. I get to choose whom to sponsor, and I like to give to the areas that I know something about.
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- Nov 07, 2020
All Nigerians of voting age are free to vote based on their convictions. It is our duty to defend and protect that basic right, and - let no one be in doubt - we will.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are being tough in saying it is a duty on the unemployed in future not only to be available for work - and not to shirk work - but also to get the skills for work. That is a new duty we are introducing.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never had there been such an attempt to make conquest the servant of civilization. About keeping India there is no question. England has a real duty there.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mr Corbyn, I accuse you of failing to do your duty by not opposing in any real sense our government on the most important issue of our times - Brexit.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In uncertain times, it is of heightened importance that our elected representatives exercise their democratic duty and use all levers at parliament's disposal to ensure a fair balance of powers.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel it is my first duty to make an unprecedented compact with my countrymen. Not an inaugural address, not a fireside chat, not a campaign speech - just a little straight talk among friends.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.
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- Nov 07, 2020