"In the United States, politics is a profession, whereas in Europe it is a right and a duty ."
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"In practice it is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is sometimes extremely difficult to find this out."
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"We all live upon the hope of pleasing somebody, and the pleasure of pleasing ought to be greatest, and at last always will be greatest, when our endeavours are exerted in consequence of our duty."
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"It is the duty of the writer to describe."
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"The first duty of an American citizen, then, is that he shall work in politics."
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"it is necessary that we should all have a little of the will to die, because otherwise we would find the performance of our biological duty of death too difficult."
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"If you have any duty which must be done, and it seems disagreeable, do it promptly and have it over."
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"Nature [has] implanted in our breasts a love of others, a sense of duty to them, a moral instinct, in short, which prompts us irresistibly to feel and to succor their distresses."
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"The interests of a nation, when well understood, will be found to coincide with their moral duties."
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"It is the the duty of a Webmaster to allocate URIs which you will be able to stand by in 2 years, in 20 years, in 200 years."
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"Necessity is stronger than duty."
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"The notion of obligations comes before that of rights, which is subordinate and relative to the former. A right is not effectual by itself, but only in relation to the obligation to which it corresponds."
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"Pressed into service means pressed out of shape."
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"By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger"
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"Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily."
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"At times, non-co-operation becomes as much a duty as co-operation."
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"You cannot neglect the nearer duty for the sake of a remote."
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"The woman who knows and fulfils her duty realizes her dignified status."
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"I know that not only is Swaraj our birthright, but it is our sacred duty to win it."
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"Non-cooperatio n with evil is a sacred duty."
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