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• It is frequently said that speech that is intentionally provocative and therefore invites physical retaliation can be punished or suppressed. Yet, plainly no such general proposition can be sustained. Quite the contrary.... The provocative nature of the communication does not make it any the less expression. Indeed, the whole theory of free expression contemplates that expression will in many circumstances be provocative and arouse hostility. The audience, just as the speaker, has an obligation to maintain physical restraint.

  Thomas I. Emerson

  Integrity, Communication, Responsibility

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• All that has been done to weaken the foundation of an implicit faith in the Bible, as a whole, has been at the expense of the sense of religious obligation, and at the cost of human happiness.

  J. G. Holland

  Bible, Religious, Foundation

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 36, 1895.

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• This new declaration which emphasizes the necessity of global disarmament is based on the purposes and principles of the United Nations, in particular the prohibition of the threat and use of force, and on the obligation to negotiate disputes in conformity with the UN Charter. It is a strong and positive example for the entire world.

  Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

  Strong, Principles, Example

  "CELAC / Zone of Peace: 'A key step to countering the globalization of militarism' – UN Expert". Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights News Item, www.ohchr.org. February 03, 2014.

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• There is no man but for his own interest hath an obligation to be honest. There may be sometimes temptations to be otherwise; but, all cards cast up, he shall find it the greatest ease, the highest profit, the best pleasure, the most safety, and the noblest fame, to hold the horns of this altar, which, in all assays, can in himself protect him.

  Owen Feltham

  Honesty, Men, Safety

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• I suppose a child's first obligation is to become a stranger to his parents.

  Judith Kelman

  Children, Parent, Firsts

  Judith Kelman (2005). “Where Shadows Fall”, Jove

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• for me, the beauty of feminism is that it is a social and political movement that has redefined the power and obligation of the self: self-possession and self-regulation as a tool for social reform.

  Vivian Gornick

  Self, Political, Feminism

  Vivian Gornick (1978). “Essays in feminism”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• When I care about something, I care about something. I think I have an obligation as an American to - and as a citizen, as - as a human being, to help others. Smoking is going to kill a billion people this century. I've put six hundred million dollars from my own money into trying to stop the tobacco companies from getting kids to smoke and convincing adults that it's not in their health.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Kids, Helping Others, Thinking

  Interview with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. December 16, 2012.

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• If people won't spend any money, the government has this moral obligation to do it.

  Ron Paul

  Government, People, Moral

  Source: www.peakprosperity.com

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• It is the foremost responsibility of the United States, having been the predominant nuclear power, to take the lead in scaling this back and making good on its signed and sealed and ratified obligation in Article 6 of the non-proliferation treaty going back to '68 to eliminate this nuclear arsenal. That's a serious international obligation.

  George Lee Butler

  Responsibility, Proliferation Treaty, Nuclear

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• Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What they want we can give them as a special gift, or they can save their money for it.

  Barbara Coloroso

  Children, Giving, Parent

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• Destiny commands... and imposes a sacred obligation to show up in the face of one's desire for a normal, casual life... there are other forces afoot of which consciousness has only the dimmest of understandings.

  James Hollis

  Destiny, Understanding, Desire

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• Tragic experience indicates that the most sacred obligations are utterly disregarded when their observance means losing the war.

  Kirby Page

  War, Mean, Sacred

  Kirby Page (1976). “Kirby Page and the social gospel: an anthology”, Dissertations-G

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• On the other hand, Allah directs man to the spiritual purity through the act of giving that is represented by charity that the pious pays as "Zakat" and "Sadakat" almsgiving, and other financial obligations.

  Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah

  Spiritual, Men, Hands

  "The mutual love between Allah and His servants". english.bayynat.org.lb.

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• My obligation is to focus on the priorities of classroom instruction, parental involvement and student safety, targeting student performance and eliminating unnecessary administrative costs.

  John R. Leopold

  Safety, Focus, Priorities

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• Please do as I requested, only if you can do so with the joy of a little child feeding a hungry duck. Please do not do as I request if there is any taint of fear of punishment if you don't. Please do not do as I request to buy my love, that, is hoping that I will love you more if you do. Please do not do as I request if you will feel guilty if you don't. Please do not do as I request if you will feel shameful. And certainly do not do as I request out of any sense of duty or obligation.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Children, Love You, Punishment

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• You do feel a certain obligation to shows that raise your profile like 'Downton' has. But there are definitely other exciting opportunities out there.

  Dan Stevens

  Opportunity, Profile, Certain

  "A Dan for All Seasons". Interview with Joanne Kaufman, www.wsj.com. October 15, 2012.

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• One more royal trait properly belongs to the poet. I mean his cheerfulness, without which no man can be a poet,--for beauty is his aim. He loves virtue, not for its obligation, but for its grace; he delights in the world, in man, in woman, for the lovely light that sparkles from them. Beauty, the spirit of joy and hilarity, he sheds over the universe.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Mean, Men, Light

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Joseph Slater, Jean Ferguson Carr (1987). “Representative Men: Seven Lectures”, p.123, Harvard University Press

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• The committee has an obligation to give you a choice. The members have the obligation and the right to make that choice.

  Bill Vaughan

  Giving, Choices, Members

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• Weight loss programs and health clubs have an ethical and legal obligation to adequately disclose details about program costs before customers sign a contract. They should also clearly explain how the program works and what is expected so that consumers can make an informed choice whether to join.

  Bill Vaughan

  Loss, Choices, Details

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• I hate the amount of communication, the obligation that you have just by owning a phone.

  Lucas Till

  Hate, Communication, Phones

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• When the AIDS epidemic broke, because I happened to be a science nerd and knew a lot about viruses and a lot about that virus at the time, I felt a moral obligation to go out and try to stem the fear and get out and explain to people what the disease was and how it worked.

  Morgan Fairchild

  Epidemics, Aids Epidemic, People

  "Live From" with Kyra Phillips, www.cnn.com. January 27, 2005.

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• Anybody has a right to evade taxes if he can get away with it. No citizen has a moral obligation to assist in maintaining his government

  J. P. Morgan

  Government, Citizens, Maintaining

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• A contract is an ask game, and if it asks for an hour, and I submit to an hour, then it's an hour. When I look at a contract, I look at the obligation - where, when, how long, the compensation. If I agree to it, that's the way it is. I have an obligation. They have an obligation.

  Chuck Berry

  Games, Long, Way

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• To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.

  Decimus Laberius

  Liberty, Sells

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• I am an incorrigible devotee to solitude, and am never so cheerful, I believe, or so unruffled by small difficulties as when I'm alone. There's a sort of obligation to be polite and pleasant to yourself when nobody else is round.

  Susan Hale

  Believe, Solitude, Cheerful

  Susan Hale (1918). “Letters of Susan Hale”

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