Tony Blair Quotes

The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised.

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.

The story of America is the story of an ever widening circle of human care and responsibility.

As a human being, when I see things going on in my community, I feel compelled to do something, to say something.

We need to restore the full meaning of that old word, duty. It is the other side of rights.

We all have the duty to do good.

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children.

We need to build websites with celebrity speakers who talk about the ideals of fairness, sharing, democratic cooperation, and altruism in public life.

A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.

But if I were to sum up who Barack Obama is and how he plans to meet this moment with one word, that word would be 'responsibility.' Responsibility to each other, our families, our communities, our country, and our world.

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

Duties and rights are reciprocal

Duty, recognizing an individual's subordination to community welfare, is as important as rights ...

Anarchy would be a world that nobody felt responsible for, that nobody felt any sort of love for. When there's real intelligence happening, when there's real love happening, there's a sense of responsibility: Hey, we've got to take care of this place and each other.

I've worked for everything I've had, and I can't think of a better way of using it than standing up for what's right, and what's required to build a better society.

A good society is characterised not just by liberty but by mutual respect and responsibility. When this breaks down it takes a lot more than police officers to put things right.

It takes us many years to learn that the passion for justice and the welfare of all, once it has been aroused, is the deepest one in moral life.

We have that responsibility to look out for those who haven't had the road and the success that we have.

We all have some basic obligation to one another.

Freedom & Duty always go hand in hand and if the free do not accept the duty of social responsibility, they will not long remain free.

In order to be great, you just have to care. You have to care about your world, community, and equality.

It is the duty of man to raise up man.

I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.

The motive power of democracy is love.

I think that all people who feel that there is injustice in the world anywhere should learn as much of it as they can bear. That is our duty.