Allen West
Allen West

I am sick and tired of hearing that it is our moral duty to serve the state, because conservatives believe that it is our moral duty to serve our fellow man regardless of race, sex, affiliation or creed, and when we serve, we believe that it is the state's duty to get out of the way.

Amber Rudd
Amber Rudd

For my part, let me be clear: protecting those in society most at risk of harm, those crushed at the bottom of the heap, those who have been abused by the very people who should have looked after them, is, as home secretary, my job, but I also see it is as my moral duty.

Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner

We have a moral duty to have an efficient government.

Ernst Fischer
Ernst Fischer

To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature.

Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker

Our leaders must hear us speaking on behalf of our brothers and sisters in South Sudan. If the moral duty to save lives and work toward peace is not compelling enough to drive decision-makers, we must remind them that we care and will hold them accountable.

Frans Timmermans
Frans Timmermans

I think we have a political and moral duty to do everything within our power to maintain the Good Friday Agreement.

George Washington
George Washington

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan

I see this rise in rough sleeping and homelessness - in one of the wealthiest cities in the world - as a growing source of shame. And as Londoners, as a city, and as a country, I believe we have a moral duty to tackle it head-on.

Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia Sotomayor

We educated, privileged lawyers have a professional and moral duty to represent the underrepresented in our society, to ensure that justice exists for all, both legal and economic justice.

William Weld
William Weld

I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.