Obligation Quotes - Page 4

• No man in this country is under the smallest obligation, moral or otherwise, so to arrange his legal relations to his business or his property as to enable the Inland Revenue to put the largest shovel into his stores.

  James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde

  Country, Men, Moral

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• I think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act.

  Clay Aiken

  Thinking

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• Regardless, for me, I feel a personal obligation and a social responsibility.

  Ellen Page

  Responsibility, Social, Feels

  "Ellen Page Joins HRCF's Time to Thrive Conference". Youtube video, www.youtube.com. February 14, 2014.

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• One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as becomes possible to him or her in language.

  Denise Levertov

  Writing, World, Language

  Denise Levertov (1973). “The poet in the world”, New Directions Publishing Corporation

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• Insistence on truth can come into play when one party practices untruth or injustice. Only then can love be tested. True friendship is put to the test only when one party disregards the obligation of friendship.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  True Friend, Party, Struggle

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• From the right to know and the duty to inquire flows the obligation to act.

  Sandra Steingraber

  Flow, Duty, Knows

  Sandra Steingraber (2010). “Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment”, p.122, Da Capo Press

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• I almost feel like it's an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure.

  Andrew Stanton

  Influence, Exposure, Status Quo

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The job of a storyteller is to tell stories, and I have concentrated on that obligation.

  James A. Michener

  Jobs, Writing, Stories

  James A. Michener (2014). “The World Is My Home: A Memoir”, p.17, Dial Press

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• Should one break in and free the animals? That is illegal, but the obligation to obey the law is not absolute. It was justifiably broken by those who helped runaway slaves in the American South, to mention only one possible parallel.

  Peter Singer

  Animal, Law, Broken

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• I was reminded that it is my obligation not only as an elected official in a pluralistic society, but also as a Christian, to remain open to the possibility that my unwillingness to support gay marriage is misguided.

  Barack Obama

  Christian, Gay, Support

  Barack Obama (2006). “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream”, p.223, Crown

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• There is no such thing as society, there is a living tapestry of men and women and the beauty of that tapestry, and the quality of our lives, will depend upon how much each of us is prepared to take responsibility for ourselves and to turn round and help, by our own efforts, those who are unfortunate. There's no such thing as entitlement unless someone has first met an obligation

  Margaret Thatcher

  Responsibility, Men, Effort

  "Thatcher funeral address prompts Tory praise for bishop of London" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. April 17, 2013.

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• Our nation has both an obligation and self-interest in facing head-on the serious environmental, economic and national security threat posed by global warming.

  John McCain

  Self, Environmental, Serious

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• When you have a voice and a platform and you know better, it becomes your moral obligation to support that community. And by extension, you're supporting your family.

  Talib Kweli

  Support, Community, Moral

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• If it be asked, Why does God not bestow the same or equal blessing upon all people? we can only answer, that has not been fully revealed. We see that in actual life He does not treat all alike. For wise reasons known only to Himself He has given to some blessings to which they had no claim…and has withheld from others gifts which He was under no obligation to bestow.

  Loraine Boettner

  Wise, Blessing, People

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• We are all musicians in a great human orchestra, and it is now time to play the Save the World Symphony. You are not required to play a solo, but you are required to know what instrument you hold and play it as well as you can. You are required to find your place in the score. What we love we must protect. That’s what love means. From the right to know and the duty to inquire flows the obligation to act.

  Sandra Steingraber

  Love, Time, Responsibility

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• Football is a religion and Saturday is the holy day of obligation.

  Bob Ufer

  Football, Holy Days, Saturday

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• They just want to continue playing their little game of power. And I feel that us people have the responsibility and also the obligation to demand to our leaders to give us the pacifist solutions. To give us a world in peace.

  Shakira

  Responsibility, Games, People

  "Shakira Calls For Peace, Explains Mongoose Mystery" by Corey Moss, www.mtv.com. February 4, 2003.

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• But no, I'm not political. My obligation is to pull the lever and elect somebody who's going to make life a little better for everybody, especially those who don't have as much good fortune as others.

  Mark Wahlberg

  Political, Levers, Littles

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• And I’ve said this all across the country when I talk to parents about education, government has to fulfill its obligations to fund education, but parents have to do their job too. We’ve got to turn off the TV set, we’ve got to put away the video game, and we have to tell our children that education is not a passive activity, you have to be actively engaged in it. If we encourage that attitude and our community is enforcing it, I have no doubt we can compete with anybody in the world.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Jobs, Children

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• The chief moral obligation of the 21st Century is to build a green economy that is strong enough to lift people out of poverty. Those communities that were locked out of the last century's pollution-based economy must be locked into the new, clean and renewable economy. Our youth need green-collar jobs, not jails.

  Van Jones

  Strong, Jobs, Jail

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• Ever since I had my first child I have been passionate in my commitment to preserve our precious resources for my children and their children's children. This is the obligation of all of us visiting this planet for a limited time.

  Kyra Sedgwick

  Children, Commitment, Limited Time

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• I write at eighty-five for the same reasons that impelled me to write at forty-five; I was born with a passionate desire to communicate, to organize experience, to tell tales that dramatize the adventures which readers might have had. I have been that ancient man who sat by the campfire at night and regaled the hunters with imaginative recitations about their prowess. The job of an apple tree is to bear apples. The job of a storyteller is to tell stories, and I have concentrated on that obligation.

  James A. Michener

  Jobs, Writing, Adventure

  James A. Michener (2014). “The World Is My Home: A Memoir”, p.17, Dial Press

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• We are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to others.

  Margaret Bourke-White

  Photography, World, Photographer

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• We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.

  Jean Rostand

  Jobs, Teaching, Men

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• I support ensuring that committed gay couples have the same rights and responsibilities afforded to any married couple in this country. I believe strongly in stopping laws designed to take rights away and passing laws that extend equal rights to gay couples. I've required all agencies in the federal government to extend as many federal benefits as possible to LGBT families as the current law allows. And I've called on Congress to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and to pass the Domestic Partners Benefits and Obligations Act.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Couple, Believe

  "In His Own Words: President Obama's Nuanced View on Gay Marriage". Remarks At Human Rights Camapign Dinner, www.foxnews.com. October 10, 2009.

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