Edmund Burke Quotes on Duty
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Neither the few nor the many have a right to act merely by their will, in any matter connected with duty, trust, engagement, or obligation.
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Public life is a situation of power and energy; he trespasses against his duty who sleeps upon his watch, as well as he that goes over to the enemy.
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An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.
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In their nomination to office they will not appoint to the exercise of authority as to a pitiful job, but as to a holy function.