Famous quotes containing the words duty and/or officer:
“The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“If the tax-gatherer, or any other public officer, asks me, as one has done, “But what shall I do?” my answer is, “If you really wish to do anything, resign your office.” When the subject has refused allegiance, and the officer has resigned his office, then the revolution is accomplished.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)