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“If He Tom Sawyer had been a great and wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would now have comprehended that Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do and Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.”
Mark Twain
“Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If you remain in a relationship because of obligation you are causing yourself irreversible damage, you will never be able to get back the person you once were….”
N. S. Cole
“There is no more fundamental obligation of a government than to protect those who cannot protect themselves -- namely, our children. The failure of government in this instance to safeguard the health and welfare of these children is beyond excuse, it is sickening,”
James McGreevey
“It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.”
Albert Einstein
