Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes

It is time to break the bad habit of expecting something for nothing from our Government or from each other. Let us all take more responsibility not only for ourselves and our families but our communities and our country.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

I had to do something for the country.

I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves.

But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.

This is not an election where we hand out gifts. It is an election where we ask everyone to contribute more.

We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

When did 'Ask not what your country can do for you' become 'Ask only what your country will give you'?

You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.

Everyone who receives the protection of society owes a return for the benefit.

Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one is relieved of his share of responsibility …

All commitments require sacrifice and hardship.

I paid my dues; I certainly did.

I have to work hard, just like any other player.

Practice of true community involves responsibilities and actions that do not come naturally to us.

I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight.

The one word you use in military flying is duty. It's your duty. You have no control over outcome, no control over pick-and-choose. It's duty.

Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it.

If you're not producing as much as you consume, or perhaps a little more, then clearly we cannot use the big organization of our society for the purpose of keeping you alive, because your life does not benefit us, and it can't be of very much use to yourself.

I'm a believer in paying your dues.

My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.