Quotes About Duty

America owes a debt of gratitude to all service members who have fought to preserve the freedoms we all know and cherish today.

I did not expect to encounter what has beset me since my elevation to the presidency. God knows, I have endeavored to fulfill what I considered to be an honest duty, but I have been mistaken; my motives have been misconstrued and my feelings grossly betrayed.

I do think we do have to respect the position of the presidency.

I want no presidency; I want to do my duty. No denunciations here, or out of this House, can deflect me a single inch from going directly at what I aim, and that is, the good of the country. I have always acted upon it, and I will always act upon it.

No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.

I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot.

Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators have a constitutional duty to advise and consent to the appointment of all Cabinet officials. They should take that duty seriously.

It's all really nice to have my pretend Secret Service people paying me respect, but the moment I walk in the door, it's back to being 'Mom.'

I would have rather been dead and laying on the battlefield dead than to find out later on that one of my men were killed and didn't have me, their medic, to somehow get them out of the danger and into the safety of the perimeter.

I think when you're dealing with faith, you want to be as responsible and sensitive to the material as you can.

With the blessings of liberty, we have responsibilities to defend it.

The United States has a responsibility to defend our values.

I have always felt it was my duty to protect my family. After Imran became family, I defended him in every way.

I defended our Constitution and I always will.

Sometimes freedom demands a measure of sacrifice.

I'm a deputy sheriff.

You have a responsibility as a locally elected deputy, but you also have a responsibility as the head of government.

And if these be unprincipled agents who scruple at nothing, he will be a bold man who will deny that there are always to be found men at the bar who lend their services most cordially to back and support these agents in their most desperate cases.

Despite its heightened duty, at times the SEC has been inattentive to economic analysis.

I find myself born into this particular position. I'm determined to make the most of it and to do whatever I can to help. And I hope I leave things behind a little bit better than I found them.

I have a responsibility to devote my energy to my country and my people.

I don't have to psych myself up, or do something special mentally - I look through the scope, get my target in the cross hairs, and kill my enemy, before he kills one of my people.

No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service.

There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.