Barack Obama Quotes

We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government. 'Am I my brother's keeper?' Most certainly I am! I cannot escape my responsibility by saying the State will do all that is necessary. It is a tragedy that nowadays so many think and feel otherwise.

Reason shows us our duty; he who can make us love our duty is more powerful than reason itself.

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

Though neglectful of their responsibility to protect science, scientists are increasingly aware of their responsibility to society.

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.

Obama hates selling. He thinks people should just accept the right thing to do.

Wherefore for the public interest and benefit of human society it is requisite that the highest obligations possible should be laid upon the consciences of men.

To fight evil one must also recognize one's own responsibility. The values for which we stand must be expressed in the way we think of, and how we deal with, our fellow humans.

I get frustrated with films that entertain me but ultimately dodge a moral question about how you should try and live.

Power breeds responsibilities, in international affairs as in domestic - or even private. To dodge or disclaim these responsibilities is one form of the abuse of power.

I still totally believe in individual rights and individual responsibility and in choosing to do good.

Duty is what goes most against the grain, because in doing that we do only what we are strictly obliged to, and are seldom much praised for it.

The true source of rights is duty.

Obligation may be stretched till it is no better than a brand of slavery stamped on us when we were too young to know its meaning.

We have a greater responsibility to act than those who live in ignorance. Once you become knowledgeable, you have an obligation to do something about it.

I do feel a responsibility to address things that are problematic, but I don't have to go out of my way to do that.

Life is moral responsibility.

Duty does not consist in suffering everything, but in suffering everything for duty. Sometimes, indeed, it is our duty not to suffer.

Stern daughter of the voice of God! O Duty! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring and reprove.

There is accumulation. There is responsibility. And beyond this there is great unrest.

Once you've seen certain things, the moral compunction drives you to act.

Those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.

Duty should be a byproduct.

We talk so much about one's rights... so little about what is actually right.