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My duty to the army and to the republic whose battles we were waging forbade me assuming a position of seeming hostility to any portion of the brave men under my command.
Zachary Taylor
Me
Army
Men
Duty
Assuming
Battles
Seeming
Hostility
Waging
Were
Command
Brave
Brave Men
Any
Republic
Whose
Portion
Position
I did not expect to encounter what has beset me since my elevation to the presidency. God knows, I have endeavored to fulfill what I considered to be an honest duty, but I have been mistaken; my motives have been misconstrued and my feelings grossly betrayed.
Zachary Taylor
God
Me
Feelings
Duty
Presidency
Considered
Betrayed
Since
Mistaken
Knows
Been
Encounter
Motives
Expect
Did
Fulfill
Elevation
Honest
In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
Zachary Taylor
Duty
Strictly
Our
Remain
Neutral
Between
Governments
Than
Conflicting
Interest
Less
Disputes
I served on active duty in the U.S. Air Force and currently serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Yet I still experience people telling me to 'go back' to China or North Korea or Japan. Like many immigrants, I have learned to brush off this racist insult.
Ted Lieu
Me
Air Force
Experience
People
Duty
Active
Back
Air
Immigrants
Telling
Brush
Like
House
House Of Representatives
Force
Learned
Insult
Korea
Still
Go
Off
North
North Korea
Representatives
Currently
China
Japan
Many
Serve
Served
If elected president, it will be my solemn duty to always hold myself accountable to the American people. They deserve nothing less.
Joe Sestak
Myself
People
Will
Duty
Nothing
President
Solemn
Always
Accountable
American
Hold
American People
Elected
Less
Deserve
Mr Corbyn, I accuse you of failing to do your duty by not opposing in any real sense our government on the most important issue of our times - Brexit.
Gina Miller
Government
You
Important
Opposing
Duty
Sense
Our
Mr
Failing
Most
Important Issue
Real
Issue
Times
Accuse
Any
Real Sense
The Most Important
Your
Brexit
I served on active duty and know that active duty personnel have basically zero interaction with the VA.
Ted Lieu
Duty
Active
Know
Interaction
Personnel
Zero
Served
VA
Basically
The right to life is guaranteed to all Americans in the Declaration of Independence, and ensuring this is upheld is the Constitutional duty of all members of Congress.
Rand Paul
Life
Independence
Duty
Congress
All Americans
Ensuring
Members
Constitutional
Upheld
American
Declaration
Right
Guaranteed
City of Los Angeles is my home, and it is my duty to lead by example, contribute all that I can, and help make the world a better place with the tools and resources available to me.
Walter O'Brien
Home
Me
World
Better
Example
Duty
Tools
Resources
I Can
City
Angeles
Better Place
Lead
Lead By Example
Make
Los
Los Angeles
Contribute
Place
Available
Help
On the evidence we have, the meritocratic ideal ends up being just as undemocratic as the old emphasis on inheritance and tradition, and it forges an elite that has an aristocracy's vices (privilege, insularity, arrogance) without the sense of duty, self-restraint and noblesse oblige that WASPs at their best displayed.
Ross Douthat
Best
Arrogance
Old
Duty
Sense
Evidence
Oblige
Aristocracy
Emphasis
Ideal
Without
Tradition
Self-Restraint
Up
Privilege
Just
Being
Ends
Vices
Inheritance
Displayed
Wasps
Elite
It's very important for us as a group of Navy SEALs, to make sure that the message that we send to the country is that we're ready to serve any commander in chief, the elected head of the armed forces, that the people of the United States elect. That is our mission, that's our duty, as Navy SEALs.
Eric Greitens
People
Country
Important
Duty
Group
Our
States
Head
Armed
Armed Forces
Mission
Message
Make
Forces
Sure
Ready
Commander
Very
Chief
Send
Any
Elect
Elected
Us
Seals
Navy
United
United States
Serve
I have the duty to protect my people, hurt my enemy, do the best I can with as few uninvolved casualties as possible - I can't have zero innocent casualties - and at minimum risk to the lives of our soldiers.
Benny Gantz
Best
Hurt
People
Enemy
Innocent
Few
Duty
Our
Soldiers
I Can
Possible
Minimum
Risk
Casualties
Protect
Lives
Zero
The people I like most are the people who are principled enough on both the right and the left to believe it is their duty to advocate, even though they may lose, and are not committed to their incumbency over the future of America.
Ben Sasse
Future
People
Lose
Duty
Believe
Enough
Though
Both
Over
Like
Most
Principled
Advocate
Left
America
Committed
May
Who
Even
Right
I consider it is my duty and responsibility to protect the interests of Congress workers and leaders in Mandya, and I reiterate that I will contest from Mandya on the Congress ticket and there will be no change in the decision.
Sumalatha
Change
Decision
Will
Responsibility
Duty
Congress
Consider
Leaders
Ticket
Protect
Contest
Workers
Interests
Sacrifice is the 1.3 million active duty men and women in the U.S. military and 800,000 reserve forces who volunteer to keep us safe and defend our way of life.
S.E. Cupp
Life
Women
Men
Men And Women
Sacrifice
Duty
Military
Active
Our
Way
Volunteer
Safe
Forces
Us
Who
Reserve
Keep
Million
Defend
The military is diverse and large, and it's public: it serves a public function; it serves a public duty.
Chelsea Manning
Duty
Military
Diverse
Public
Large
Function
Serve
Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.
P. J. O'Rourke
People
Political
Duty
Politicians
Systems
Run
Political Systems
Jury
Jury Duty
Draft
If you are in any position of influence, then it’s almost your duty to try to help. If people don’t have the ability or opportunity to help themselves, then sometimes it’s got to come from someone who can.
Tyrone Mings
You
People
Sometimes
Opportunity
Try
Duty
Ability
Someone
Almost
Come
Got
Any
Influence
Themselves
Then
Your
Help
Who
Position
When we were in high school, Jonathan would always try to embarrass me in front of girls, so I consider it my duty to pay him back.
Drew Scott
Me
School
Try
Girl
Duty
Pay
Consider
Back
Embarrass
High
Would
High School
Jonathan
Him
Always
Were
Front
For Croatians it means everything to play for the national team. Because of the past. A lot of people died in the war. It's like a duty for us to give everything.
Dejan Lovren
War
People
National
Past
Duty
Everything
Give
Like
Because
Lot
Died
National Team
Us
Means
Team
Play
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