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“Writing of only one small part of the broader problem, namely the single-minded pursuit of individualistic 'rights,' [Don] Feder is not wrong to conclude: Absent a delicate balance--rights and duti...”
“A prisoner should know that there are thousands of imprisoned freemen living in this worldjailed in their own society, handcuffed by duties..”
“If the entire society was conscious of its duties, nobody would need to fight for their individual rights. Since everybodys's rights would be automatically taken care of through someone else's duties.”
“good people bring the good out of people”
“The ancient commission of the writer has not changed. He is charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams for the purpose ...”
“Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipw”
“The notion of obligations comes before that of rights, which is subordinate and relative to the former. A right is not effectual by itself, but only in relation to the obligation to which it corres...”
