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Abraham Lincoln Quotes about Duty

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It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.

It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.

Abraham Lincoln
Sin, Silent, Duty

I shall not do more than I can, and I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my sworn duty as well as my personal inclination. I shall do nothing in malice. What I deal with is too vast for malicious dealing.

Abraham Lincoln
Perseverance, Government, Duty
Ulysses S. Grant, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Stephen Crane, Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Modern Library Civil War Bookshelf 5-Book Bundle: Personal Memoirs, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Red Badge of Courage, Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings, The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln”, p.2761, Modern Library

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.

Abraham Lincoln
Strive, Duty, Obligation

I hold that while a man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.

Abraham Lincoln
Men, Duty, Mankind
Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.202, Wildside Press LLC

I hope it will not be irreverent in me to say, that if it be probable that God would reveal his will to others, on a point so connected with my duty, it might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me

Abraham Lincoln
Might, Belief, Duty
Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46”, p.361, Library of America