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| Quote for category - duty and responsibility |
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Now my friends, I am opposed to the system of society in which we live today, not because I lack the natural equipment to do
for myself but because I am not satisfied to make myself comfortable knowing that there are thousands of my fellow men who
suffer for the barest necessities of life. We were taught under the old ethic that man's business on this earth was to look
out for himself. That was the ethic of the jungle; the ethic of the wild beast. Take care of yourself, no matter what may
become of your fellow man. Thousands of years ago the question was asked; ''Am I my brother's keeper?'' That question has
never yet been answered in a way that is satisfactory to civilized society.
Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality but
by the higher duty I owe myself. What would you think me if I were capable of seating myself at a table and gorging myself
with food and saw about m...
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Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
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The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct.
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Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.
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Make it a point to do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing
your duty without pain.
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Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a
particular job. It lies with each of us individually. Peace, for example, starts within each one of us. When we have inner
peace, we can be at peace with those around us.
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The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothi
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Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folkways and
superstition, and of cooperation for force. It means the substitution of responsibility for obedience to rank, and of
authority of performance for the authority of rank.
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When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
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As far as I know, to date, this Earth is the only thing we have at our disposal. The trick is to NOT dispose of it, yanno?
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In a word, neither death, nor exile, nor pain, nor anything of this kind is the real cause of our doing or not doing any
action, but our inward opinions and principles.
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