Quotes about Duty
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.
— George Washington
An informed patriotism is what we want.
— Ronald Reagan
Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty.
— Oscar Romero
The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.
— James A. Garfield
We can have peace and brotherly love by accepting our responsibility to preserve freedom.
— Ronald Reagan
We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.
— Thomas Jefferson
The excellence of a thing is related to its proper function.
— Aristotle
One's task is not to turn the world upside down but to do what is necessary at the given place and with a due consideration of reality.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Greatest gift is human life and that we have a duty to protect the life of an unborn child.
— Ronald Reagan
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
With freedom goes responsibility, a responsibility that can only be met by the individual himself.
— Ronald Reagan
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.
— John Adams