Democracy acknowledges the right to differ as well as the duty to settle differences peacefully. Authoritarian governments see criticism of their actions and doctrines as a challenge to combat.
We have a duty to our country to participate in the political process. See, if you believe in freedom, you have a duty to exercise your right to vote to begin with. I'm [here] to encourage people to do their duty, to go to the polls. I want all people, no matter what their political party is or whether they even like a political party, to exercise their obligation to vote.
Our duty is to preach the gospel to all men. . . . This is what God expects of us
The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.
The first duty of every soul is to find not its freedom but its Master.
The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for a long time doing your conjugal duty.
There is nothing in the Constitution that authorizes or makes it the official duty of a president to have anything to do with criminal activities.
It seems to me it's a painter's duty to try to put an idea into his work.
God has given us two hands - one to receive with and the other to give with. We are cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing. If we fail to fulfill this divine duty and privilege we have missed the meaning of Christianity.
Love is a better teacher than duty.
God, immortality, duty - how inconceivable the first, how unbelievable the second, how peremptory and absolute the third.
One of the duties of old-age, is the management of time. The less that remains to us, the more valuable we ought to consider it.
It is the parents duty to intervene when they see wrong choices being made.
Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty.
You know me. It's my duty to please that booty.
Success is your duty, obligation and responsibility
The morbid states of health, the irritableness of disposition arising from unstrung nerves, the impatience, the crossness, the fault-finding of men, who, full of morbid influences, are unhappy themselves, and throw the cloud of their troubles like a dark shadow upon others, teach us what eminent duty there is in health.
To an honest man, it is an honor to have remembered his duty.
Obviously, the state's responsibility should be to legislate rules for a well-ordered society. It has no right or duty to creep into the bedrooms of the nation.
Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.