#duty

The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

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Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. ↗

— James Allen

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The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority. ↗

— Lord Acton

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Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased. ↗

— John James Audubon

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Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

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By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion. ↗

— John Acton

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True law is right reason in agreement with nature; it is of universal application, unchanging and everlasting; it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#justice #law #reason #nature

Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together. Liberty is safety from all hindrances, even sin. So that Liberty ends by being Free Will. ↗

— John Acton

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It is the patriotic duty of every man to lie for his country. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#country #duty #every #every man #his