Sentence examples for the first duty from inspiring English sources

"Keeping people safe is the first duty of government.

Defending our country is the first duty of government.

And in this respect the first duty belongs to mothers".

The first duty of a revolutionary is work!

"The first duty," the doctor said, "is to take care of the slightly wounded".

The first duty of the liberal state is to uphold these basic goods.

"The first duty of the Prison Service should be protection of the public," he said.

"I think the first duty of government is to protect our citizens".

For either Barack Obama or John McCain, the first duty will be to restore confidence.

Southern once wrote: "The first duty of the historian is to produce works of art.

The first duty of any government is supposed to be to protect its citizens.