#duties

Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; - that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft

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Nothing is more generally known than our duties which belong to Christianity; and yet, how amazing is it, nothing is less practiced? ↗

— George Whitefield

#belong #christianity #duties #generally #how

It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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It was still quiet in the house, and not a sound was heard from outside, either. Were it not for this silence, my reverie would probably have been disrupted by reminders of daily duties, of getting up and going to school. ↗

— Herman Hesse

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Christ has not only ordained that there shall be such officers in his Church - he has not only specified their duties and prerogatives - but he gives the requisite qualifications, and calls those thus qualified, and by that call gives them their official authority. ↗

— Charles Hodge

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The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct. ↗

— Samuel Alito

#accordance #applicable #been #both #canons

Praise now is one of the great duties of the redeemed. It will be their employment for ever. ↗

— Albert Barnes

#employment #ever #great #now #praise

The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more. ↗

— Georges Bernanos

#anything #does #duties #longer #modern

From protecting our natural resources to providing maritime security and national defense, the Coast Guard's duties are broad in scope, and the performance of those duties has never been more important. ↗

— Russ Carnahan

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