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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. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

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When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual. ↗

— Frank Herbert

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I believe it is my duty as a performer to raise issues in the world of things we're afraid to look at. ↗

— Samantha Morton

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As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice. ↗

— Adolf Hitler

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France is the bridge between northern Europe and southern Europe. I refuse any division. If Europe has been reunified, it's not for it to then fall into egotism or 'each for one's own'. Our duty is to set common rules around the principles of responsibility and solidarity. ↗

— Francois Hollande

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The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly make friends with you. ↗

— William Dean Howells

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It is, and long has been my opinion, and I have heard honourable members in this House declare it to be theirs - that it is the duty of Parliament equally to protect all the different interests in the country. ↗

— Joseph Hume

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With an open trade in corn and a fixed duty we should have every man in the country fully fed and happy, instead of our present situation in which so much distress exists - distress of our own producing. ↗

— Joseph Hume

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National defense is the sacred duty of the young and all other people. ↗

— Kim Jong Il

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