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Duty

(noun) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do. Example: "We don't have a duty to keep you here."

19 QUOTES
"Love is a better master than duty."
— Albert Einstein
"Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected."
— George Washington
"When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty."
— George Bernard Shaw
"Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection."
— Jane Austen
"One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier."
— Helen Keller
"Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country."
— George Washington
"To persevere in one's duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny."
— George Washington
"There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties."
— John Muir
"Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?"
— George Washington
"When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty."
— Thomas Jefferson
"Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong."
— Abraham Lincoln
"To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness."
— Benjamin Franklin
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