“My first obligation is my job. It's very hard to really get into campaign mode when you've got to focus on doing the work.” FirstsHardJobsFocusCampaignsObligation Author:Claire McCaskill
“Those of us who have the privilege to serve this country have an obligation to do our job as best we can. We come from different parties, but we are Americans first. And that's why disagreement cannot mean dysfunction. It can't degenerate into hatred. The American people's hopes and dreams are what matters, not ours. Our obligations are to them. Our regard for them compels us all, Democrats and Republicans, to cooperate, and compromise, and act in the best interests of our nation - one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.” PeopleFirstsMeanDifferentCountryMatterDreamJobsNationsInterestJusticePartyLibertyRepublicanHatredRegardDemocratPrivilegeObligationCompromiseWhat MattersDisagreementDegeneratesHopes And DreamsIndivisibleDysfunctionLiberty And JusticeJustice For AllOne Nation Under GodLiberty And Justice For All Author:Barack Obama
“Here's the pay paradox that Why Men Earn More explains: Men earn more money, therefore men have more power; and men earn more money, therefore men have less power (earning more money as an obligation, not an option). The opposite is true for women: Women earn less money, therefore women have less power; and women earn less money, therefore women have more power (the option to raise children, or to not take a hazardous job).” MenChildrenJobsPayOppositesRaisesObligationParadoxMore MoneyEarningMen WomenWhy Me Book:Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap--and what Women Can Do about it Source: Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap--and what Women Can Do about it
“We have a moral obligation to make sure the people who are being required to work have the opportunity to work. We must make sure the jobs are there.” PeopleJobsOpportunityMoralObligationMoral Obligation Author:William J. Clinton
“I have learned something about the job of being the President's wife. She is not chosen by anyone except her husband and she really has no obligations except to him.” JobsPresidentWifeHusbandObligationChosenI Have Learned Author:Lady Bird Johnson
“Because I'm a performer I can justify and sometimes sell the things about me that offend and shock the conventional world. I need to live life in the fast lane. I need to do things to excess. I need to go over the edge. I have an obligation to experience the things most people can't experience. The taboos. The things you're not supposed to know or do. That's part of my job. That's why I do it. I would probably do it anyway.” PeopleKnowsWorldNeedsI CanSometimesJobsSellsEdgesObligationLive LifeShockJustifyPerformersExcessConventionalTabooLanesOver The EdgeFast Lane Book:Actress: Postcards from the Road Source: Actress: Postcards from the Road