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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. — Tim Berners-Lee

The latest gospel in this world is, know thy work and do it. — Thomas Carlyle

They held it their duty to live but for their country. — William Godwin

I like stirring the pot - I think it's part of my duty, to shake people up a bit - make them look at things in a different way. — Nina Bawden

If it is man's privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter - dependent. — Mahatma Gandhi

The first duty of an American citizen, then, is that he shall work in politics. — Theodore Roosevelt

In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity. — Omar Bongo

Our duty is to preach the gospel to all men ... This is what God expects of us — John Taylor

Every scientist should, after all, regard it as his duty to tell the public, in a generally intelligible way, about what he is doing — Konrad Lorenz

It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and unpopular that which is unsound. — Joseph Smith Jr.

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty. — John D. Rockefeller

I'm sympathetic to the decent and hapless footsoldier into whose lap falls the unenviable duty of carrying out fubar policies. — Rene Balcer

I hold it to be the moral duty of women to make themselves beautiful in all lawful ways. — Eliza Lynn Linton

Dammit Sir, it's your duty to get married. You can't always be living for pleasure! — Oscar Wilde

It is the duty of every man to uphold the dignity of every woman. — Pope John Paul II

It is not the novelist's job to preach; it is his duty to show. — Anthony Burgess

We are privileged, and the duty of privilege is absolute integrity. — John O'Donohue

It is an artist's duty to be on the wrong end of the see-saw. — Billy Childish

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself. — Simone De Beauvoir

The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Work done is of more consequence for the future than the foresight of an angel. — George MacDonald

On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure. — Oscar Wilde

All duty is inconvenient to a greater or lesser degree, or it would not be duty. — Neal Stephenson

If my duty does involve heralding His law in every arena, then the Church in America is failing radically today. — Randall Terry

When duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other. — James Madison

Never fear to bring the sublimest motive to the smallest duty, and the most infinite comfort to the smallest trouble. — Phillips Brooks

Our holy duty is to pray. The answer belongs to God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Liberty is a duty, not a right. — Benito Mussolini

It is the duty that separates men from boys — Aporva Kala

A historian has many duties ... the first is not to slander; the second is not to bore — Voltaire

There are not good things enough in life to indemnify us for the neglect of a single duty. — Sophie Swetchine

I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways. — Martin Scorsese

In the end faith always moves beyond mental assent and duty and will involve the whole self - mind, will, and emotions. Why — Timothy J. Keller

I am not doing any favour, only performing a duty; this victory is a result of struggle of five generations. — Narendra Modi

Honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be. — Terry Goodkind

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education. — John Ruskin

The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision. — Henry A. Kissinger

Conceited men often seem a harmless kind of men, who, by an overweening self-respect, relieve others from the duty of respecting them at all. — Henry Ward Beecher

It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest. — Haile Gebrselassie

I just finished Narc, which was a really heavy duty, raw, independent. — Ray Liotta

It is not our responsibility to make it acceptable; it is our duty to make it available. — Vance Havner

Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way. — Napoleon Hill

I got put on jury duty, which is where I learned how to write. — David O. Russell

The fact that we can never have complete, perfect knowledge does not absolve us of the moral duty to judge and to take a stand against evil. — Ken Liu

It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them. — Tiberius

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune. — Chanakya

Being a father is a choice. Staying true to fatherhood is a duty. — Joan Ambu

I had come at last and my heart was beating again strongly to a heart that could not know despair because it forgot itself in the duty of its love. — Joyce Cary

The first duty of a man is to think for himself — Jose Marti

A lot of people think of political activism as some grim duty, and I think we do have an obligation to be citizens - to be informed and engaged. — Rebecca Solnit

If a man cannot tell what he wants to do, then he must find out what he ought to do. If desire has become complicated, then hold fast to duty. — Julian Barnes

I slept and dreamt life is beauty, I woke and found life is duty. — Confucius

To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country. — George Washington

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. — Helen Keller

vowing himself to "just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty." After — Philip Roth

It's my duty as a guardian to protect Cross Academy, day and night. — Yuki

The times are squalid. They always were. It is a poet's duty to hold the line. — Basil Bunting

I will always recommend Goodwin & Thyne Properties to all my friends and business associates, thank you for going over and beyond the call of duty! — Andy Romano

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having. — Mahatma Gandhi

What should a man strive for? Kama - love, dharma - duty, artha - wealth, and moksha - salvation. — Ashwin Sanghi

It is not for us to calculate our victory or fear our defeat, but to do our duty and leave the rest in God's hands. — Alan Keyes

There's no rest when you're on planetary duty. — Paul Watson

I believe it is the responsibility and duty of those in high-profile positions to give a voice to people whose voices cannot be heard. — Donatella Versace

Only he who is uncompromising as to his rights maintains the sense of duty. — Albert Camus

When life still hesitates to touch us, when neither duty nor guilt dares lay a hand upon us — Thomas Mann

We are not here in this world to drift like seaweed. Whatever intelligence we have, it is our duty to drive to the utmost. — Blanche Willis Howard

To change the world is not your mission. To change yourself is not your duty. To awaken to your true nature is your opportunity. — Mooji

The tragedy of being both rational and animal seems to consist in having to choose between duty and desire rather than in making any particular choice — Mortimer J. Adler

Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his mind. — Ralph Barton Perry

Prayer wonderfully clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit. — S.D. Gordon

Getting distracted by trifles is the easiest thing in the world ... Focus on your main duty — Epictetus

There is little sense in pitting a lesser sense of duty against a greater one. No leader could expect loyalty to hold under those circumstances. — C.S. Pacat

For many doctors the achievement of a published article is a tedious duty to be surmounted as a necessary hurdle in a medical career. — Richard Asher

[It is not the purpose nor right of Congress] to attend to what generosity and humanity require, but to what the Constitution and their duty require. — William Branch Giles

Duty without love is deplorable.
Duty with love is desirable.
Love without duty is Divine. — Sathya Sai Baba

Dr. Dunbar would never consider not answering the call of duty. — Larry Watson

The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

how inevitable it was that the aristocrat would refuse his final duty - which was to step aside and vanish into history. — Frank Herbert

Duty is whatever opposes inclination. — Mason Cooley

The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it. — Plutarch

The soil is actually the greatest technology we have for adapting to climate change. And I feel it's our generation's duty to build it back up. — Jason Mraz

The human species' foremost task and unshakable duty is survival. — Carlos J. Cortes

A writer's duty is to register what it is like for him or her to be in the world. — Zadie Smith

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. — Stephen King

Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work. — J. William Fulbright

Reading was very important; the proper exercise and development of one's mind was a paramount duty. — Elizabeth Von Arnim

My duty is to obey orders. — Stonewall Jackson

Do well the duty that lies before you. — Pittacus Of Mytilene

The distribution of patronage of the Government is by far the most disagreeable duty of the President. — James Buchanan

The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines. — Henri Murger

To praise oneself is considered improper, immodest; to praise one's own sect, one's own philosophy, is considered the highest duty. — Lev Shestov

It is the government's fundamental duty to ensure the security of every individual citizen. — Charles Kennedy

No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. — Jon Meacham

Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty. — Hannah More

Perhaps it is better to be a machine that does its duty than a flesh-and-blood person who will not, for a dead truth is better than a live falsehood. — L. Frank Baum

Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege. — John D. Rockefeller

Some duties exist simply because we are part of a larger family or community. — Max Anders

Let us never forget the duty, which we have taken upon us — Adolf Hitler

It seems to me it's a painter's duty to try to put an idea into his work. — Vincent Van Gogh