#obligation

My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His view was that you had obligations or you had responsibilities, and when you fulfilled those obligations or responsibilities, that then gave you the liberty to do other things. ↗

— Clarence Thomas

#attitude #freedom #fulfilled #gave #grandfather

Parents today are under a lot of stress, sometimes working two jobs just to make ends meet. They're trying to find day care for their kids and elder care for their own parents. The Federal Government shouldn't add to their worries by not living up to its obligations. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#care #day #elder #ends #federal

We have an obligation to live in harmony with creation, with our capital... with God's creation. And we need to administer and work that very carefully. ↗

— Bruce Babbitt

#capital #carefully #creation #god #harmony

I was given talent, and if you are given it, it is your obligation to use it. ↗

— Dennis Potter

#i #obligation #talent #use #you

I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#certain #commandment #compassionate #god #human

When we ask American men and women in uniform to fight for this country and to defend this country's interest and then to send them overseas, there is no question we have an obligation to protect them and provide for their safety. ↗

— Byron Dorgan

#american men #ask #country #defend #fight

I jumped off the wheel of fortune because I wanted to simplify things. Now I've fulfilled my obligations to myself by making my new record. I'd like it to sell millions of copies, but my self - worth is not based on chart positions. ↗

— Roland Gift

#because #chart #copies #fortune #fulfilled

The most basic obligation we have to our veterans is that we keep the promises that were made to them. That is what makes the recent failures of the Veterans Administration so shameful. ↗

— Doc Hastings

#basic #failures #keep #made #makes

I have other obligations now - the show, my family, my life... though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those things. ↗

— Rob Lowe

#family #i #know #life #my life

In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#laureate #many #nobel #obligation #peace