Quotes about Duty

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

With freedom goes responsibility, a responsibility that can only be met by the individual himself.

National defense is one of the cardinal duties of a statesman, and that there is an obligation to perform such a duty absolutely irrespective of party politics or factional differences.

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.

It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power.

True liberty is not the power to live as we please, but to live as we ought.

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.

Freedom is not the permission to do what you like. It's the power to do what you ought.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

In respect to the danger of being killed by them, it is true that whoever does go must put his life in his hand, and not consult with flesh and blood; but do not the goodness of the cause, the duties incumbent on us as the creatures of God, and Christians, and the perishing state of our fellow men, loudly call upon us to venture all and use every warrantable exertion for their benefit?

Some attempts are still making, but they are inconsiderable in comparison of what might be done if the whole body of Christians entered heartily into the spirit of the divine command on this subject. Some think little about it, others are unacquainted with the state of the world, and others love their wealth better than the souls of their fellow-creatures.

No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual's individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only. Whatever its symbol -- cross or crescent or whatever -- that symbol is man's reminder of his duty inside the human race.