Home / Topics / Duty Quotes

Duty Quotes

Browse 4172 quotes about Duty.

Duty Quotes

“It is the teaching of the Bible and of sound Political ethics that the education of children belongs to the sphere of the family and is the duty of the parents. The theory that the children of the Commonwealth are the charge of the Commonwealth is a pagan one, derived from heathen Sparta and Platoís heathen republic, and connected by regular, logical sequence with legalized prostitution and the dissolution of the conjugal tie.”

“Life is not theory. It is reality, with inherent duties to everything and everyone.”

Reality Life Is Duty Theory Inherent

Author:Tivadar Kosztka Csontvary

“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.”

“The word doctrine, as used in the Bible, means teaching of duty, not theory.”

Mean Used Teaching Duty Theory Doctrine

Book:An expression of character: the letters of George MacDonald

Source: An expression of character: the letters of George MacDonald

“I think we've got to look at corporate law. Back in the day when I studied it, there were different constituencies that were to be served, and I think there was a real wrong turn about 20 to 25 years ago when the theory began to be promoted that your highest duty - in fact, some would argue, your only duty - is to maximize shareholder return. I just don't buy it. And it wasn't the original underpinnings of the legal theory of corporate law.”

Thinking Years Looks Different Real Facts Law Turns Duty Theory Return Highest Years Ago Originals Arguing Corporate Shareholders Back In The Day Wrong Turn

Author:Hillary Clinton

“Kantian ethical theory distinguishes three levels: First, that of a fundamental principle (the categorical imperative, formulated in three main ways in Kant's Groundwork); second, a set of duties, not deduced from but derived from this principle, by way of its interpretation or specification, its application to the general conditions of human life - which Kant does in the Doctrine of virtue, the second main part of the Metaphysics of Morals; and then finally an act of judgment, through which these duties are applied to particular cases.”

“It is our duty to select the best and most dependable theory that human intelligence can supply, and use it as a raft to ride the seas of life.”

Humans Use Sea Duty Theory Select Human Intelligence Dependable

Author:Plato

“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