Quotes About Duty

It is absolutely unacceptable to think that in the last year of the president's term, that he should stop doing his job, and he won't.

It is unacceptable for the men and women who protect us to be treated like second class citizens over partisan bickering.

In uncertain times, it is of heightened importance that our elected representatives exercise their democratic duty and use all levers at parliament's disposal to ensure a fair balance of powers.

Let my country die for me.

I have already given two cousins to the war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wife's brother.

For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.

Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilized folk to despise war.

Every man should arm himself as quickly as he could, and come to the King.

If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm

No one hates war like a soldier hates war.

Duty and dereliction guide thee back to solitude.

War: First day in the U.S. Army, the government placed a Bible in my left hand, a bayonet in the other.

Sir! Men who desert their comrades in war deserve to be shot! And Officers who intrude for them deserve to be hung!

Men of God and men of war have strange affinities.

Attention, Texas Brigade! The eyes of General Lee are upon you. Forward, march!

You may hate the war, but never hate the ones that fight. For they do not choose when or where to fight. All they chose was to protect who they love and even the people they don't know.

The first dead man on Omaha Beach must be a sailor!

Well, it was war - I could not have carried on as an administrative officer if I had let myself be swayed emotionally by my feelings.

If I wanted to honor you, I´d let you retire. I am planing to make you run the kingdom and fight the wars while I eat and drink

You have to be willing to sacrifice as much to prevent war, as soldiers are willing to sacrifice to wage war.

I would never want to see myself viewed as beating the drums of war, ... but I would rather live with that image than look into the mirror and see a member of Congress who failed to do his duty.

We have long honored those who gave their lives during the unfortunate reality of war.

It is the object only of war that makes it honorable.

I have perceived much beauty In the hoarse oaths that kept our courage straight; Heard music in the silentness of duty; Found peace where shell-storms spouted reddest spate.