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“The citizens must be certain that the governor is attending to the duties for which he was elected.”

Certain Duty Citizens Governors Attending

Author:Bob McDonnell

“There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception of every work of learning or genius, who stand as sentinels in the avenues of fame, and value themselves upon giving Ignorance and Envy the first notice of a prey.”

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius

“If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.”

Ifs Government School Certain Struggle Atheism Conditions Duty Debate Operations

Book:Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi

Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi

“When irrational terror takes to itself the fiat of moral goodness somebody has to die. ... No man lives who has not got a panic button, and when it is pressed by the clean white hand of moral duty, a certain murderous train is set in motion.”

Men Hands Certain Dies White Moral Duty Goodness Train Clean Terror Panic Buttons Irrational Moral Duty Moral Goodness

Book:Collected Essays: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Source: Collected Essays: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

“As he that lives longest lives but a little while, every man may be certain that he has no time to waste. The duties of life are commensurate to its duration; and every day brings its task, which, if neglected, is doubled on the morrow.”

Ifs Men May Littles Certain Duty Waste Tasks Every Man Long Life Neglected Diligence Duration Morrow No Time To Waste

Book:The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752

Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752

“Both love of mankind, and respect for their rights are duties; the former however is only a conditional, the latter an unconditional, purely imperative duty, which he must be perfectly certain not to have transgressed who would give himself up to the secret emotions arising from benevolence.”

Giving Certain Secret Emotion Rights Mankind Duty Former Latter Unconditional Imperatives Benevolence Conditional

Author:Immanuel Kant

“I am approached with the most opposite opinions and advice, and that by religious men, who are equally certain that they represent the Divine will. ... I hope it will not be irreverent for me to say that if it is probable that God would reveal his will to others, on a point so connected with my duty, it might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me... These are not, however, the days of miracles ... I must study the plain physical facts of the case, ascertain what is possible, and learn what appears to be wise and right.”

Ifs Men Facts Might Certain Religious Opinion Cases Study Wise Advice Divine Duty Opposites Miracle Connected Positive Atheism Being Wise Irreverent Divine Will

Author:Abraham Lincoln