Obligation Quotes

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. - Douglas Wilder

You can fulfill the legal obligation and put 35 kids in a classroom. But we want to do a good job. But if this is what the town wants, we can certainly do that. - Bruce Baker

Writers of historical fiction are not under the same obligation as historians to find evidence for the statements they make. For us it is sufficient if what we say can't be disproved or shown to be false. - Barry Unsworth

Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but, more importantly, violates our sense of right and wrong and the standards we have as human beings about looking to care for one another. - Jon Corzine

With the number of workers' rights violations on the rise, it's high time for us to force enterprises to take up their social obligations. But we are short of standards for enterprises to follow. - Xi Jianguo

With the additional bonding capacity [$2.9 million more than Measure K] and the additional $700,000 [more than a general obligation bond would provide], we are going to be able to go deeper into our 25 projects. - Linda Clark

With every civil right there has to be a corresponding civil obligation. - Edison Haines

With a twenty-year horizon until retirement, she could invest in a rental property with a 15-year mortgage, which provides deductions. She would own the rental property outright around the time of her retirement. Then she would have two properties at retirement, giving her rental income without mortgage payment obligations. - David R. Bergmann