"Duty is the necessity to act out..." - Quote by Immanuel Kant
Duty is the necessity to act out of reverence for the law.
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“Three things prompt men to a regular discharge of their duty in time of action: natural bravery, hope of reward, and fear of punishment.”
“The greatest privilege and greatest duty for any man is to be happily married, and no other form of success or service, for either man or woman, can be wisely accepted as a substitute or alternative”
“When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.”
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“It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which bind each of them separately.”
“It is impossible to obtain a conviction for sodomy from an English jury. Half of them don't believe that it can physically be done, and the other half are doing it.”
“All... natural rights may be abridged or modified in [their] exercise by law.”