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“Conservation is a great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the nation.”

Nations Moral Issues Duty Safety Conservative Patriotic Conservation Moral Issues Continuance

Book:Autobiography: Condensed from the original ed., supplemented by letters, speeches, and other writings

Source: Autobiography: Condensed from the original ed., supplemented by letters, speeches, and other writings

“Our duty to ourselves, to posterity, and to mankind, call on us by every motive which is sacred or honorable, to watch over the safety of our beloved country during the troubles which agitate and convulse the residue of the world, and to sacrifice to that all personal and local considerations.”

World Country Watches Trouble Sacrifice Mankind Duty Safety Sacred Locals Beloved Motive Consideration Honorable Posterity Agitate Beloved Country

Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson

Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson

“Everything is un-American that tends either to government by a plutocracy or government by a mob. To divide along the lines of section or caste or creed is un-American. All privileges based on wealth, and all enmity to honest men merely because they are wealthy, are un-American-both of them equally so. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.”

“As the safety and prosperity of nations ultimately and essentially depend on the protection and the blessing of Almighty God, and the national acknowledgment of this truth is not only an indispensable duty which the people owe to Him.”

People God Nations Religious Duty Depends Truth Is Blessing Bible Safety Prosperity Protection Almighty Indispensable Us History Almighty God Acknowledgment

Book:The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations

Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations

“WHEREAS it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favour; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint Committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a DAY OF PUBLICK THANKSGIVING and PRAYER, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."”

“If we cannot end the conflict, we have an inescapable moral duty to help refugees and provide legal avenues to safety.”

Ifs Ends Helping Moral Duty Conflict Safety Refugee Avenues Moral Duty

Author:Angelina Jolie

“What do you do when other countries' intelligence agencies give you information and you aren't entirely certain about its source? Simply ignore it? That's impossible. We have a duty to guarantee the safety of our citizens.”

Giving Country Certain Impossible Information Duty Source Citizens Safety Agency Guarantees Other Countries Intelligence Agencies

Author:Angela Merkel

“If I was wrong in yielding to persuasion once, remember that it was to persuasion exerted on the side of safety, not of risk. When I yielded, I thought it was to duty; but no duty could be called in aid here. In marrying a man indifferent to me, all risk would have been incurred and all duty violated.”

Ifs Men Has Beens Remember Sides Risk Duty Safety Aids Indifferent Persuasion Marrying Anne Elliot

Book:Persuasion

Source: Persuasion

“Religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and, therefore, that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience, unpunished and unrestrained by the magistrate, unless under color of religion any man disturb the peace, the happiness, or safety of society, and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity toward each other.”

Source: The Writings of James Madison: 1769-1783

“The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.”

Love Inspirational Firsts Wisdom America Politics Peace Rich Duty Theory Safety Prosperity Get Rich Eternal Vigilance Americanism Get Rich Quick Theory Of Life Safety First

Book:Letters: The days of Armageddon, 1909-1914

Source: Letters: The days of Armageddon, 1909-1914

“Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.”

Firsts Government Duty Highest Safety Obligation Public Safety

Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.”

Needs Helping Law Duty Protect Police Safety Servant Officers Dedicated Threatened Law Enforcement Enforcement Public Servants Public Safety

Author:Barbara Boxer