“I think our duty as American citizens is to be involved and engaged in anything that affects us. As an artist, I have to use my platform, and as a dad, a brother, and a black man, I have to be as socially woke and present as possible.” ThinkingMenUseArtistBlackBrotherDutyDadCitizensInvolvedEngagedPlatformsAmerican Citizens Author:Chance the Rapper
“The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead.” GovernmentFailingDutyCitizensUnworthy Author:Donald Trump
“I abhor the word "consumer." Consumers, unlike citizens, have no implicit duties, obligations, or responsibilities to the common good. It's a degrading term. The use of it degrades the public discussion.” UseTermCommonResponsibilityDutyCitizensObligationConsumersDiscussionCommon GoodDegradeDegradingImplicit Author:James Howard Kunstler
“The Muslim contribution to the future of America is to not only speak out as Muslims, but to also speak out as citizens in the name of our common values. Our main contribution is to reconcile the American society with its own values, those that are not in contradiction to Islam. We have a duty of consistency.” AmericaValuesNamesSpeakCommonDutyCitizensIslamContributionContradictionConsistencyReconcileSpeaks OutAmerican SocietyFuture Of America Author:Tariq Ramadan
“We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.” FeelsTryingLiteratureStrongDutyCitizensPatriotismNationalismPatrioticJailIrs Book:The World According to Dave Barry Source: The World According to Dave Barry
“The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.” GivingInterestCommunityExistenceAttentionSocietyDutyCitizensMembersPaidPoliceWelfareLaw EnforcementPolicemenIncumbents Author:Robert Peel
“The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.” FirstsAblePovertyMilitaryWillingDutyCitizensWeightConservativeSocialismWelfareRepublicCitizenshipGood CitizenRepublic DayGood Citizenship Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the United States. I accept the duty to help lead our nation out of a jobs crisis and back to prosperity - and I know we can do this.” KnowsStatesHelpingJobsNationsPresidentCan DoUnitedAcceptingUnited StatesSupportDutyCitizensCrisisFellowsProsperityVicesConventionsHonoredChairmanVice PresidentDelegates Author:Paul Ryan
“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.” IfsMenFatherLiteratureWomenWifeDutyCitizensWords Of WisdomHusbandCreaturesRationalNeglectGood WifeVindicationHusband And Father Book:A vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and moral subjects Source: A vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and moral subjects
“No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of the questions investigated. Neither may a government determine the aesthetic value of artistic creations, nor limit the forms of literacy or artistic expression. Nor should it pronounce on the validity of economic, historic, religious, or philosophical doctrines. Instead it has a duty to its citizens to maintain the freedom, to let those citizens contribute to the further adventure and the development of the human race.” WayShouldHumansMayCharacterGovernmentFormPoliticalValuesReligiousRacePrinciplesDemocracyEconomicCreationAdventureExpressionDutyDevelopmentCitizensLimitsPhilosophicalDetermineDoctrineArtisticHuman RaceAestheticLiteracyHistoricValidityArtistic ExpressionArtistic Creation Author:Richard P. Feynman
“It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.” GivingCharacterPoliticalPoliticsChurchCourageVirtueHonestyDutyCitizensPoliticianIntegrityCapacityAffairConvictionObligationValidityBest Political Author:Albert Einstein
“The government was to raise the duty on cheese to 83 percent, an unpopular move that would doubtless have the more militant citizens picketing cheese shops.” GovernmentMovingDutyCitizensPercentRaisesShopsCheeseMilitantPicketing Author:Jasper Fforde
“There are always rebels and radicals, I suppose,' McCleethy allows. 'Those who live on the fringes of society. But what do they contribute to the society itself? They reap its rewards without experiencing its costs. No. I submit that loyal, hardworking citizens who push aside their own selfish desires for the good of the whole are the backbone of the world. What if we all decided to run off and live freely without thought or care for society's rules? Our civilization would crumble. There is a joy in duty and a security in knowing one's place...It is the only way.” IfsWorldWayWholeCareRunningJoyDesireKnowingSecurityDutyCitizensCivilizationCostDecidedRewardsSelfishRadicalWhat IfRebelLoyalSubmitFringeReapBackboneHardworkingSelfish Desire Author:Libba Bray
“The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment.” WarStatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesRightsMilitaryDutyCitizensExercisePerformancesSacredEnjoymentMaintainingSafeguarding Author:William Jennings Bryan