#duty

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course. ↗

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So long as there is death there will be sorrow, and so long as there is sorrow it can be no part of the duty of human beings to increase its amount, in spite of the fact that a few rare spirits know how to transmute it. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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I engaged upon those activities because I believed that, in the dangerous circumstances which have been created in South Africa, it was my duty to do so. ↗

— Bram Fischer

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It is our duty and our privilege to keep America moving forward. ↗

— Bill Frist

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September 11 impressed upon us that life is a precious gift. Every life has a purpose. And I think we all have a duty to devote at least a small portion of our daily lives to ensuring that neither America nor the world ever forgets September 11. ↗

— Bill Frist

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In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty. ↗

— James Anthony Froude

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The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies. ↗

— James Anthony Froude

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It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right. ↗

— William E. Gladstone

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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. ↗