“The distribution of tasks among the various employees follows a simple rule, which is that the duty of the members of each category is to do as much work as they possibly can, so that only a small part of that work need be passed to the category above. This means that the clerks are obliged to work without cease from morning to night, whereas the senior clerks do so only now and then, the deputies very rarely, and the Registrar almost never.” NeedsMeanNightSimpleMorningDutyMembersTasksVariousCeaseEmployeeCategoriesNow And ThenSeniorDistributionObligedSmall PartsClerksDeputies Author:Jose Saramago
“Duty is what goes most against the grain, because in doing that we do only what we are strictly obliged to, and are seldom much praised for it.” DutyGrainObliged Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“The duties which a police officer owes to the state are of a most exacting nature. No one is compelled to choose the profession ofa police officer, but having chosen it, everyone is obliged to live up to the standard of its requirements. To join in that high enterprise means the surrender of much individual freedom.” MeanStatesIndividualDutyDisciplineStandardsPoliceProfessionSurrenderChosenEnterpriseOfficersRequirementsCompelledObligedPolice OfficerIndividual Freedom Author:Calvin Coolidge
“Any single man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; we are all qualified, entitled, and morally obliged to evaluate the conduct of our rulers. This political judgment, moreover, is not simply or primarily a right, but like self-preservation, a duty to God. As such it is a judgment that men cannot part with according to the God of Nature. It is the first and foremost of our inalienable rights without which we can preserve no other.” MenFirstsSelfWisdomAmericaPoliticalPoliticsEconomyRightsJudgingDutyCircumstancesJudgmentGunResistanceCommandObediencePreservesLiberalismRulersEntitledGun ControlPreservationObligedQualifiedEvaluateSelf PreservationWarrantsMagistratesSingle ManInalienable RightsDuty To God Author:John Locke
“The greatest embarrassment of my political career has been that active duties seem to deprive me of time for careful investigation. I seem almost obliged to form conclusions from impressions instead of from study.... I wish that I had more knowledge, more thorough acquaintance, with the matters involved.” Has BeensMatterSeemsFormPoliticalWishCareersStudyDutyInvolvedCarefulActiveImpressionConclusionInvestigationAcquaintanceObligedEmbarrassmentThoroughMore Knowledge Book:The papers of Woodrow Wilson Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson
“Twenty years ago, when you bumped into someone and asked how they were, they would say, 'Mustn't grumble' or 'Getting by': now they feel obliged to say 'Just great!'. In both cases, the reply is just a social nicety, but the framework has changed, it's as if it's become a social duty to express happiness.” IfsFeelsYearsSocialCasesChangedDutyYears AgoTwentiesObligedFrameworkNiceties Author:Mark Ravenhill
“Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.” RememberPositionDutyWho You AreObligedActivate Author:Thomas a Kempis