DUTY All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. Winston Churchill Love is a better teacher than duty. Albert Einstein Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it. Abraham Lincoln Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having. Mahatma Gand He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. Thomas Paine There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world. Robert Louis Stevenso The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then. Thomas Carlyle The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. Samuel Adams Freedom isnt free. It shouldnt be a bragging point that Oh, I dont get involved in politics, as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didnt insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable. Bill Maher We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it. Robert Baden-Powell A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation. Bertrand Russell Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. Douglas MacArthur Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time. George W. Bush Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer. Thomas Carlyle Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation. Pierre Teilhard de Chardi Duty is not collective; it is personal. Calvin Coolidge With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve. Muhammad Ali Jinnah When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery. Maxim Gorky Duty cannot exist without faith. Benjamin Disraeli Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire. Ambrose Bierce Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers. Henri Frederic Amiel Your duty is to treat everybody with love as a manifestation of the Lord. Swami Sivananda Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others. Mencius
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