Many American Jews see their community as bearing a responsibility to serve as Israel's advocates in the United States.
"Seeing the changes taking place on the street, and our role," she said, referring to the gentrification of the Lower East Side, "we realized we had a responsibility to serve as a catalyst for discussion.
Seated between two American flags, the governor said he and his running mate, Dick Cheney, were prepared to "undertake the responsibility to serve as America's president and vice president".
But for many Americans in markets with only one daily newspaper, the substantive issue is the newspaper's civic responsibility to serve as watchdog and deliver all of the news that affects people's lives.
"It is my responsibility to serve as a microphone for the amazing message AHA's Go Red For Women is committed to deliver".
In some schools, kids have too much freedom, and educators end up abdicating their responsibility to serve as authoritative professionals that guide student learning.
They also happen to be the first and third largest emitters of carbon dioxide; therefore, they have a common responsibility to serve as stewards for the planet.
As a Catholic university, we take very seriously our responsibility to serve as good stewards of the earth, to use our gifts to protect human life and dignity, and to exercise our care for all God's creation.
We all now have a special opportunity, indeed a responsibility, to serve as social commentators, as critics, exposing and highlighting the wide-scale inequities of all kinds that saturate and engulf our environment, and to challenge the culture to move forever forward and to grow.
And virtually no other show has a guy in a suit whose main responsibilities are to serve as the host's Greek chorus and to slide over when the guests start arriving.
