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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
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government nor of dungeons to ourselves.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
The upward revision of import duty, from 1 per cent to over 4 per cent on steam coal imports, will adversely impact the industry, as it will lead to increase in cost of power generation.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just working on a character and his mannerisms, but not looking the part, is not my thing. It is your duty as an actor to be honest to the character.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Fairness' can be an important quality for legislators to consider when they are passing public policies. But it is a subjective standard. And it has no place among judges on a court - whose duty is to dispassionately judge a law's constitutionality.
- Confused
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- Nov 07, 2020
IN trying to recall my impressions during my short war duty as an officer in the Austrian Army, I find that my recollections of this period are very uneven and confused.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a duty for any government to uphold the rule of law, and this sometimes requires the proportionate use of force.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause was the same.
- Being Yourself
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but we do know it is our sacred duty.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
Defending peace is the duty of all.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020