"Rights that do not flow from duty..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
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“A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.”
“It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.”
“Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country. - March 15, 1783”
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“People are dreaming if they think they have rights. They've never had rights. There's no such thing.”
“I learned from my illiterate but wise mother that all rights to be deserved and preserved came from duty well done. Thus the very right to live accrues to us only when we do the duty of citizenship of the world. From this one fundamental statement, perhaps it is easy enough to define the duties of Man and Woman and correlate every right to some corresponding duty to be first performed. Every other right can be shown to be a usurpation hardly worth fighting for.”
“The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.”