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Nevertheless, defense by power as a first obligation on a state has to be considered in relation to things other than economics.

Author: Lester B. Pearson (1897 - 1972) | Theme: Miscellaneous | Clicks: 119 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.

Author: Ron Paul ( 1935) | Theme: Miscellaneous | Clicks: 124 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic...

Author: Ron Paul ( 1935) | Theme: Moral | Clicks: 159 | Rank: 0 | Fav

What distinguishes libertarianism from other views of political morality is principally its theory of enforceable obligations.

Author: Tom G. Palmer (1956) | Theme: Politics | Clicks: 109 | Rank: 0 | Fav

Rather, it is a political theory that emerged in response to the growth of unlimited state power; libertarianism draws its strength from a powerful fusion of a normative theory about the moral and...

Author: Tom G. Palmer (1956) | Theme: Politics | Clicks: 137 | Rank: 0 | Fav

Obligations may be universal or particular.

Author: Tom G. Palmer (1956) | Theme: Miscellaneous | Clicks: 128 | Rank: 0 | Fav

If an individual is born with the obligation to obey, who is born with the right to command.

Author: Tom G. Palmer (1956) | Theme: Birh | Clicks: 355 | Rank: 0 | Fav

Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be violated.

Author: Tom G. Palmer (1956) | Theme: Miscellaneous | Clicks: 86 | Rank: 0 | Fav

I feel it's our obligation to keep some of the soul in this music. Having a career in this industry is a privilege. It's not a given, ever.

Author: Brad Paisley (1972) | Theme: Music | Clicks: 92 | Rank: 0 | Fav

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

Author: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 91 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The real difficulty is to make sure that such treaty obligations will be observed.

Author: Arthur Henderson (1863-1935) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 136 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some measure national sovereignty to worldwide institutions and obligations.

Author: Arthur Henderson (1863-1935) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 141 | Rank: 0 | Fav

In short, it may be said that on paper the obligations to settle international disputes peacefully are now so comprehensive and far-reaching that it is almost impossible for a state to resort to...

Author: Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 295 | Rank: 0 | Fav

There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.

Author: Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 123 | Rank: 0 | Fav

And so, when at the end of a performance, I cannot spend an hour signing autographs because I have an obligation, I announce it at the end of the spectacle.

Author: Placido Domingo (1941) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 104 | Rank: 0 | Fav

The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.

Author: George W. Bush (1946) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 96 | Rank: 0 | Fav

In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation.

Author: Simone de Beauvoir (1908 - 1986) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 97 | Rank: 0 | Fav

Your ability as republican volunteers, to rise to this challenge will mean that the two governments and others cannot easily hide from their obligations and their responsibility to resolve these...

Author: Gerry Adams (1948) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 156 | Rank: 0 | Fav

We made stabs in the legislature to try to relieve the state of both the burden and obligation of administering lands that otherwise were construed as belonging to Native Hawaiians historically.

Author: Neil Abercrombie (1938) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 173 | Rank: 0 | Fav

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah.

Author: Richard Bach (1936) | Theme: Unclasified | Clicks: 154 | Rank: 0 | Fav
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