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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
- Missing
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is very clear from the text of the Geneva Conventions that families have the right to know about the whereabouts of their missing and that belligerents have a duty to inform families if they have indication and if they are detaining people.
- Nov 07, 2020
Film is such a powerful medium. It's like a weapon and I think you have a duty to self-censor.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never mind your happiness; do your duty.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rod and I believe that it's our duty to set an example, which means teaching our children to treat others as they would wish to be treated.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really believe that, as filmmakers, we have a duty, which is, if we're asking people to pay a premium price for a 3D ticket, we have a duty to deliver a premium product.
- Listen
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first duty of love is to listen.
- Characterized
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- Nov 07, 2020
For my own part, I abandon the ethics of duty to the Hegelian critique with no regrets; it would appear to me, indeed, to have been correctly characterized by Hegel as an abstract thought, as a thought of understanding.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the United States. I accept the duty to help lead our nation out of a jobs crisis and back to prosperity - and I know we can do this.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised to believe that we all have a civic duty and a responsibility as Americans to improve our neighborhoods and our nation.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I retired from active duty, I still felt that I owed something to my community. That's why I pursued education... I still miss the classroom and recall those days fondly.
- Detect
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are 40,000 Iraqi police on duty around the country. If they detect an attack about to happen, the police are the ones who are supposed to stop it.
- Caring
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- Nov 07, 2020
Caring for our veterans is the duty of a grateful nation. Unfortunately, the Bush administration and congressional Republicans have not lived up to this duty.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock 'n' roll was asleep.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must differentiate between guilt and duty. The soldier on the front, like the common man, who does his duty everywhere, should not be held responsible for the actions of a few who also called themselves Germans.
- Principles
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Muslims refuse our culture and try to impose their culture on us. I reject them, and this is not only my duty toward my culture-it is toward my values, my principles, my civilization.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020