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When I see something that I think isn't right, I think I have some kind of, for right or wrong, an obligation to fix it.
We have an obligation to each other to not only push our politicians but to push companies to do right by their workers.
Individuals in very small groups are about the only thing that is free of the disease of the embedded growth obligation.
There is something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.
Chefs have a new opportunity - and perhaps even an obligation - to inform the public about what is good to eat, and why.
Buying a home today is a complex process, but that in no way excuses home buyers from their obligation for due diligence.
When children have grieving parents it's also common for them to feel an obligation to cheer them up and make them happy.
You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.
My first obligation is my job. It's very hard to really get into campaign mode when you've got to focus on doing the work.
Somewhere there's a score being kept, so you have an obligation to live life as well as you can, be as engaged as you can.
As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea.
I do have an obligation to make sure that I am following some of the rules. I can't simply ignore laws that are out there.
Having caught a glimpse of what I might be able to do with my talent, I feel a tremendous obligation to try to fulfill it.
Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.
Families, doing everything for each other out of imagined obligation and always getting in each other's way, what a tangle.
People who have money have an obligation. I wouldn't say I'm entitled to tell them what to do with it but to use it wisely.
First and foremost my obligation is on the defensive side. But obviously there are times when I need to go and attack, too.
You are the only thing I have that is neither duty nor obligation, the only thing I chose for myself. The only thing I want.
I feel like writing about a time when I was probably, and think all of us are, the happiest before the obligations start in.
In the family, no one is ever pushed. I came to politics spontaneously; there was no obligation. It has to happen naturally.
We have an obligation to help people that cannot help themselves. The mentally retarded, the physically retarded, et cetera.
My obligation, if I become president, is to give another direction to Europe than the one that is being forced upon us today.
I have an obligation to use what I know to try to bring real, usable medical science to every doctor and bedside and patient.
If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.
Shareholders have the right and obligation to set the parameters of corporate behavior within which management pursues profit.
In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
You cheat yourself when you don't do what it is you're supposed to do. You have an obligation to learn everything that you can.
When any practice is proposed and enforced as a binding duty, we have a right to examine the grounds of the alleged obligation.
I wanted to fight in the Iraq war because I felt like I had an obligation as a human being to help free people from oppression.
The obligation of the state is to guarantee freedom of religion, and that implies dealing with all of them on an equal footing.
Being a lawyer is not merely a vocation. It is a public trust, and each of us has an obligation to give back to our communities.
I got married very early, and in no time at all, we had three children. And it seemed to me I had an obligation to support them.
The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty.
A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
Holiness of life is not the privilege of a chosen few - it is the obligation, the call, and the will of God for every Christian.
My obligation as president, and what I promise the country, is that the courts will be able to do their job free of all pressure.
It used to be that if you stood in front of a painting you didn't understand, you'd have some obligation to guess. Now you don't.
I feel it is an obligation to help people understand the relation of food to agriculture and the relationship of food to culture.
Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process.
The obligation to remember is inscribed on every Holocaust memorial, but even the words 'Never Forget' become irksome eventually.
I do feel the obligation and desire to win the Scudetto with Juventus, and obviously everybody wants to win the Champions League.
When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlightenment and comfort at top speed.
Toronto is my home. It's where my family is. I think I feel an obligation to be within subway distance of the people who raised me.
To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people.
It is our sacred obligation to eliminate the curse of poverty in the shortest possible time. This is non-negotiable for the Republic.
Not only do we have a right to be happy, we have an obligation to be happy because our happiness has an effect on everyone around us.
When I went to school - Pasadena Playhouse - we were taught that the obligation of the actor is twofold: to entertain and to educate.
You really feel an obligation to someone when they're trusting you to do something, and you promise that you'll come through for them.
We have an obligation to our men and women in uniform - and to future generations - to do something about the issue of climate change.
It is no great misfortune to oblige ungrateful people, but an unsupportable one to be forced to be under an obligation to a scoundrel.